Re: [tied] Middle English Plurals

06-01-04 18:46, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> One reason for the difference may
> have been that OHG had the other variant of the strong masculine plural
> ending, <-a> from unextended *-o:z,

Oops, that's wrong. <-a> is the result of the falling together of the
nom.pl. and acc.pl. (the latter had -a < *-anz < *-ons). OE generalised
the nom.pl. ending, and OHG the acc.pl.

Piotr