Sentence
This is a sentence in Middle English. It is composed of 35 items.
but
but - coordinating conjunction
thy
your - pronoun
eternall
eternal - noun
Sommer
summer - proper noun
shall
shall - auxiliary
not
not - particle
fade
fade - verb
,
nor
nor - coordinating conjunction
loose
loose - adjective
possession
possession - noun
of
of - adposition
that
that - determiner
faire
fair - noun
thou
you - proper noun
ow'st
owe - proper noun
,
nor
nor - coordinating conjunction
shall
shall - auxiliary
death
death - noun
brag
brag - verb
thou
you - adjective
wandr'st
wander - noun
in
in - adposition
his
his - pronoun
shade
shade - noun
,
when
when - subordinating conjunction
in
in - adposition
eternall
eternal - noun
lines
to
to - particle
time
time - noun
thou
you - proper noun
grow'st
grow - noun
Word sources
A quick overview of the meaning of each word and its etymology.
| but | but | but | From Old English būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. |
| thy | thy | Alternative form of þe | |
| eternall | eternall | Alternative form of eternal | |
| Sommer | Sommer | ||
| shall | shall | ||
| not | not | not | Reduction of nought (from Old English nāwiht, nōwiht). |
| fade | fade | ||
| , | , | ||
| nor | nor | ||
| loose | loose | ||
| possession | possession | ||
| of | of | of | From Old English of, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”). |
| that | that | that | From Old English þæt, þat, þet (“the, that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat. |
| faire | faire | fair | From Old English fæger |
| thou | thou | Alternative form of þou | |
| ow'st | ow'st | ||
| , | , | ||
| nor | nor | ||
| shall | shall | ||
| death | death | ||
| brag | brag | ||
| thou | thou | Alternative form of þou | |
| wandr'st | wandr'st | ||
| in | in | in | From Old English inn. |
| his | his | Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his. | From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). |
| shade | shade | ||
| , | , | ||
| when | when | Alternative form of whenne | |
| in | in | in | From Old English inn. |
| eternall | eternall | Alternative form of eternal | |
| lines | line | rope | From Old English līne, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ. Some forms and meanings are from Old French ligne. |
| to | to | to | From Old English tā, tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”). |
| time | time | Alternative form of tyme | |
| thou | thou | Alternative form of þou | |
| grow'st | grow'st |
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