Find the finite verbs

This exercise is based on Minitext C from Chapter 7 of Introduction to Old English, a translation of the “Apostles’ Creed.” Your task will be to find all the finite verbs (those that can be marked for tense, person, number and mood) and answer questions about them. Tip: Verb inflections are sometimes ambiguous. Remember that plural verbs are never marked for person, and neither are subjunctives. If it is ambiguous whether a verb is indicative or subjunctive, choose “indicative or unmarked”; for these verbs you should choose a person rather than “unmarked.”

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[1] Wē ġelȳfað on ǣnne God ælmihtiġne þe ealle þing ġesceōp and ġeworhte. [2] And wē ġelȳfað and ġeorne witon þæt Crist Godes sunu tō mannum cōm for ealles mancynnes ðearfe. [3] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hine clǣne mǣden ġebǣre, Sancta Maria, þe nǣfre nāhte weres ġemānan. [4] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē miċel ġeðolode and stīðlīce þrōwode for ūre ealra nēode. [5] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hine man on rōde āhēnge and hine tō dēaðe ācwealde and hine siððan on eorðan bebyriġde. [6] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē tō helle fērde and ðǣrof ġehergode eal þæt hē wolde. [7] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē siððan of dēaðe ārise. [8] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē æfter þām tō heofonum āstige. [9] And wē ġelȳfað and ġeorne witon þæt hē on dōmes dæġ tō ðām miclan dōme cymð. [10] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ealle dēade men sculon þonne ārīsan of dēaðe and þone miclan dōm ealle ġesēċan. [11] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ðā synfullan sculon þanon on ān tō helle faran and ðǣr ā siððan mid dēoflum wunian on byrnendum fȳre and on ēċan forwyrde, and ðæs ǣniġ ende ne cymð ǣfre tō worulde. [12] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ðā gōdan and wel Cristenan þe hēr on worulde Gode wel ġecwēmdon þonne on ān sculon intō heofonum faran and ðǣr siððan wununge habban mid Gode selfum and mid his enġlum ā on ēċnesse.
[1] Wē ġelȳfað on ǣnne God ælmihtiġne þe ealle þing ġesceōp and ġeworhte. [2] And wē ġelȳfað and ġeorne witon þæt Crist Godes sunu tō mannum cōm for ealles mancynnes ðearfe. [3] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hine clǣne mǣden ġebǣre, Sancta Maria, þe nǣfre nāhte weres ġemānan. [4] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē miċel ġeðolode and stīðlīce þrōwode for ūre ealra nēode. [5] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hine man on rōde āhēnge and hine tō dēaðe ācwealde and hine siððan on eorðan bebyriġde. [6] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē tō helle fērde and ðǣrof ġehergode eal þæt hē wolde. [7] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē siððan of dēaðe ārise. [8] And wē ġelȳfað þæt hē æfter þām tō heofonum āstige. [9] And wē ġelȳfað and ġeorne witon þæt hē on dōmes dæġ tō ðām miclan dōme cymð. [10] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ealle dēade men sculon þonne ārīsan of dēaðe and þone miclan dōm ealle ġesēċan. [11] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ðā synfullan sculon þanon on ān tō helle faran and ðǣr ā siððan mid dēoflum wunian on byrnendum fȳre and on ēċan forwyrde, and ðæs ǣniġ ende ne cymð ǣfre tō worulde. [12] And wē ġelȳfað þæt ðā gōdan and wel Cristenan þe hēr on worulde Gode wel ġecwēmdon þonne on ān sculon intō heofonum faran and ðǣr siððan wununge habban mid Gode selfum and mid his enġlum ā on ēċnesse.
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Find the finite verbs; indicate their tense, person (if not unmarked), number and mood (if not unmarked).
  • present
  • past
  • unmarked
  • first person
  • second person
  • third person
  • singular
  • plural
  • indicative or unmarked
  • subjunctive
  • imperative
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