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
behinden - behind, after (spatially)
 * ær - before (temporally)
 * beæftan - behind, after (sequentially, in an order)
 * beforrn - in front of, before (spatially, temporally, in order)
 * beȝonden - beyond, on the other side of
 * behenen - on this side of
 * benorðen, besuðen, beeasten, bewesten - to the north/south/east/west of; wiȝ sind benorðen þer Burg - we're north of the city. Ga besuðen þisser Stræte and þu findest þat Markt - go south of this street and you'll find the market
 * berihte - near, beside
 * bufen - over, above
 * 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
 * These prepositions can often form subordinating conjunctions in combination with -þem: ærþem þu ofgæst, nim þeinen Broðer to Skole - before you leave, take your brother to school;


 * 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