Cásus

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cásus

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-bígednys. casus

Definitions

1 cásus

gen. cásūs; m. [Lat, cāsus, from cădo to fall; as the Grk. GREEK , a fall, case, from GREEK I to fall] A case, falling or change to denote the relation of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns to other words in a sentence: -- Mid ðam casu with the case, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 16, 17, 20, 22, 25, 28. Ðás six cásus these six cases, Som. 6, 32. Cásus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is, a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23. Ða pronomina, ðe habbaþ vocativum, ðá habbaþ six casus the pronouns which have a vocative, then have six cases, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 54.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᛋᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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