Englisc/Præpositionen

Prepositions
Back to Englisc Prepositions serve to tell what role a noun is doing in a sentence in relation to what the subject is doing: I go in the house, he works with the hammer and so on. In Englisc, this requires memorizing the case a noun takes with certain prepositions.

Genitive

 * andlang - along, alongside; wiȝ fareþ andlang þes Huses - we travel along the house
 * ȝonseids - on that side of; mein Hus is ȝonseids þer Stræte - my house is on that side of the street
 * þisseids - on this side of;

Dative

 * æfter - after, behind, according to
 * æt - at, by, in, on, upon
 * buten (from be, uten) - outside of; without, free from
 * mid - with
 * of - from, away from, out of; sometimes with ut for emphasize: Kum þu of þem Hus ut! - come out of the house!
 * onmang - among
 * onufen - upon
 * tomiddes - in the midst of

Accusative

 * toward - toward; genitive: in the direction of, towards
 * wiþ - against, towards, to, opposite; he fihteþ wiþ þie Covenant - he's fighting against the Covenant.

Dative/Accusative

 * buten - outside of
 * in - in, inside
 * innen - inside of
 * niðer - down, from a higher to lower position; ic loke niðer þen Tramet - I look down the page''
 * on - on, on top of
 * under - under, underneath
 * up - up


 * 1) Capital: A, Æ, B, C, D, Ð, E, F, G, Ȝ, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, Œ, P, Q, R, S, T, Þ, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
 * 2) Lowercase: a, æ, b, c, d, ð, e, f, g, ȝ, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, œ, p, q, r, s, t, þ, u, v, w, x, y, z