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Par. 127, 128.] ADVERBIAL OBJECT.

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In (2), but not in (1), we see distinctly by the Inflection
-u2m (which is the sign of the Dative use), that "mynstrum "
is the Indirect Object.
If the old Dative case had to be specified, wherever it is
found in Modern English, we shouid have to call the Objects
in the following examples, Datives:(1) "Trust me and believe no one else."
(2) "A calamity has befallen us."
(3) "Obey me and disobey him."
(4) "It displeased the king, though it pleased the people." 1
But in modern English the Object after" trust," " befall,"
&c. must now be called the Direct Object.
The Adverbial Object.
127 An Adverbial Phrase is sometimes contracted
into a Noun with a Prepositional Prefix, e.g., " aboard," "a-foot," " a-field;" and sometimes still
further contracted into a Noun without Prefix of
any kind:
(1) "I am going fishing" (this is a contraction for
" go on fishiln," or, "go a-fishing ").
Home (E.E ham) is repeatedly used as an Adverb in " Layamon,"
and also as an Inflected Noun.
128 Again, in the earliest periods of the language,
an Adverbial Phrase was sometimes represented by
an Inflected Noun, the Inflection representing a
modern Preposition (see last paragraph):
(2) "He that was dead came forth, bound hand-unm
and f6t-uli," i.e., "as regards," or, in, "hands
and feet."
(3) (Modern English), "- bound hand and foot."
1 In (3) and (4) the Verbs are derived from French, and were followed (generally) by the Preposition ' &."