C4) GSCHWENTNER; Variation and change in the form of the present participle in the OED and King Horn

Database: Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Programs: Online search interface

Tasks:

• Look at the information given in the OED entries for "-ing, suffix¹" and "-ing, suffix²". Try to outline differences and connections between suffix¹ and suffix² on the one hand and between suffix² and the Old English suffix "-ende" on the other.
• Search for the forms of the present participle in the electronic full text of King Horn at http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/salisbury-king-horn. What do you find?

Notes:

• Try looking for the spellings -inde and -inge. Which of the forms you find are actually derived nouns, which are present participles?

Solution: Mini-project C4.pdf