Old English ingere and gere in 'Exodus'

Authors
Bammesberger, A
Citation
A. Bammesberger, Old English ingere and gere in 'Exodus', REV ENGL ST, 52(207), 2001, pp. 327-330
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
ISSN journal
00346551 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
207
Year of publication
2001
Pages
327 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6551(200108)52:207<327:OEIAGI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The manuscript reading ingere in Exodus 33a has been emended in various way s. Since a simplex gere occurs both in Exodus and other Old English texts, it is suggested that ingere represents this very form with the intensifying prefix in-. The adverb gere can be justified within the grammatical system of Old English. Therefore the manuscript reading ingere, which makes good sense in its context, is not in need of an emendation.