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[51] Different from _ilk_.
[52] Or _call-s_.
[53] _Thou sangest_, _thou drankest_, &c.--For a reason given in the sequel, these forms are less exceptionable than _sungest_, _drunkest_, &c.
[54] The forms marked thus * are either obsolete or provincial.
[55] Obsolete.
[56] Sounded _wun_.
[57] p.r.o.nounced _ment_.
[58] p.r.o.nounced _herd_.
[59] p.r.o.nounced _sed_.
[60] So p.r.o.nounced.
[61] p.r.o.nounced _leevd_, _cleevd_, _bereevd_, _deeld_, _feeld_, _dreemd_, _lernd_.
[62] p.r.o.nounced _delt_.
[63] Found rarely; _bist_ being the current form.--"Deutsche Grammatik," i.
894.
[64] Notwithstanding the extent to which a relative may take the appearance of a conjunction, there is always one unequivocal method of deciding its true nature. The relative is always a _part_ of the second proposition. A conjunction is _no part_ of either.
[65] "Latin Prose Composition," p. 123.
[66] This is worked out more fully in the "Germany of Tacitus, with Ethnological Notes," by the present author.
[67] Preserved in the name of the town Wick-war.
[68] "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World," by Professor Creasy.