nasal abbreviations + þatei / ei before indirect speech

[llama_nom]

> > qiþandans þatei aiw swa ni *gasehvun*.
> 
>     Ind. pret. pl. 3rd : indirect speech
> 
> > LEGONTAS hOTI hOUTWS OUDEPOTE *EIDOMEN*
> 
>     Ind. aor. 2 pl. 1st : direct speech.
> 
>     qiþandans þatei aiw swa ni *gasehvum*.
> 
>     Ind. pret. pl. 1st : direct speech. C'est la solution que je 
retiens.



My apologies, you're right, of course!!  Yes, as you say, it would 
be more logical to transcribe it 'gasehvum'.




> > Incidentally, on the choice of tense in indirect speech, see also



My mistake again.  I should have said: "choice of person".  As you 
point out, that is what's at issue in the example.




> > "Im allgemeinenen ist die Personalverschiebung in der indirekten
> > Rede schon der Vorlage eigen. [...]  In einem Fallen jedoch, 
glaubt
> > man, habe sie der Übersetzer im Gegensatz zur Vorlage eingeführt:
> > jus qiþiþ þatei *wajamerjau*.
> 
>     Subj. pres. sg. 1st : indirect speech.
> 
> > hUMEIS LEGETE hOTI *BLASFHMEIS*
> 
>     Ind. pres. sg. 2nd : direct speech. (á½`μεῖς λέγετε á½
τι 
*Î'λασφημεῖς*)
> 
> > (J 10,36).  Aber auch Chrysostomos und die altlat. Hss. haben 
*BLASFHMW*."
> 
>     Ind. pres. sg. 1st : indirect speech. (á½`μεῖς λέγετε á½
τι 
*βλασφημῶ*)



P.S. Thanks for the mention of Wieland Willker [ http://www-user.uni-
bremen.de/~wie/ww_tc.html ].  This will come in very useful.






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