Old English language (list of prepositions)
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This is a list of prepositions in the Old English language. Many of them, particularly those marked "etc.", are found in other variant spellings. Prepositions may govern the accusative, genitive, dative or instrumental cases - the question of which is beyond the scope of this short article.
| Prepositions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old English | style="background:#efefef;" | Notes | ||||
| æfter | after; along, through, during; according to, by means of; about. | Ancestor of modern after | ||||
| ǽr | before | |||||
| æt | at, to, before, next, with, in, for, against; unto, as far as. | |||||
| and | against, before, on. | |||||
| andlang | along | |||||
| bæftan | after, behind; without. | |||||
| be, bí | by, near to, to, at, in, on, upon, about, with; of, from, about, touching, concerning; for, because of, after, by, through, according to; beside, out of. | |||||
| befóran | before. | |||||
| begeondan | beyond. | |||||
| behindan | behind. | |||||
| beinnan | in, within. | |||||
| beneoðan | beneath. | |||||
| betweonum, betweox, etc. | betwixt, between, among, amid, in the midst. | |||||
| bírihte | near. | |||||
| búfan | above. | |||||
| bútan | out of, against; without, except. | |||||
| eác | with, in addition to, besides. | |||||
| for | for, on account of, because of, with, by; according to; instead of. | Ancestor of modern for | ||||
| fór, fóre | before. | |||||
| fram | from; concerning, about, of. | |||||
| gemang | among | |||||
| geond | through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond. | |||||
| in | in, on; into, to. | |||||
| innan | in, into, within, from within. | |||||
| intó | into | |||||
| mid | with | |||||
| neáh | near | |||||
| nefne | except | |||||
| of | of, from, out of, off. | |||||
| ofer | above, over; upon, on; throughout; beyond, more than; | |||||
| on | on; in, at; | |||||
| onbútan | about. | |||||
| ongeagn, etc. | opposite, against; towards; in reply to. | |||||
| onuppan | upon, on. | |||||
| oþ | to, unto, up to, as far as. | |||||
| samod | with, at. | |||||
| tó | to, at. | |||||
| tóeácan | in addition to, besides. | |||||
| tóforan | before. | |||||
| tógeagnes | towards, against. | |||||
| tómiddes | in the midst of, amidst. | |||||
| tóweard | toward. | |||||
| þurh | through. | |||||
| ufenan | above, besides. | |||||
| under | under. | |||||
| underneoþan | underneath. | |||||
| uppan | upon, on. | |||||
| útan | without, outside of. | |||||
| wið | towards, to; with, against; opposite to; by, near. | |||||
| wiðæftan | behind. | |||||
| wiðer | against. | |||||
| wiðinnan | within. | |||||
| wiðforan | before. | |||||
| wiðoutan | without, outside of. | |||||
| ymb | about, by. | |||||
| ymbútan | about, around; concerning. | |||||
