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古英语的词汇有着浓厚的日耳曼语族的特点。这主要表现为复合法是重要 的构词方法,复合词在古英语词汇中占有显著的地位。据统计,在史诗 《贝奥武夫》(Beowulf)3183行的诗句中,竟有1069个复合词。有些复 合词中不重读的部分,渐渐失去独立地位,而演变为词缀,如 for-,in-,ful等派生法在古英语中也广泛使用,共有24个名词后缀、15个形容词后缀, -dom,-hood,-ship,-ness,- the,-ful,-ish 等词缀都可溯源到古英语 时期。古英语时期诗歌有一种特殊的修辞手法,即头韵(alliteration), 由此产生的许多短语一直保留至今,如 might and main(全力地), friend and foe(敌友),a labour of love(出自喜爱而做的事)。 Old English vocabulary has the characteristics of grumous the Germanic languages. The main performance of the composite method is an important word formation method, compound words in the ancient English vocabulary occupies a significant position. According to statistics, in the epic "" (Beowulf) in the 3183 lines of the poem, there are actually 1069 compound words. Some compound words in unstressed part, gradually lose independence, and the evolution of affix, such as for-, in-, -ful derived method is also widely used in Old English, there are a total of 24 noun suffixes, 15 adjective suffixes, -dom, -hood, -ship, -ness, -ful, ish - the, etc. affix are traceable to the Old English period. Poetry of the Old English period there is a special kind of rhetoric, namely alliteration (alliteration), many of the resulting phrase has been preserved, such as might and main (full), friend and foe (a labour of love '), (from love do).