Prepositional Phrases of Asseveration and Adjuration in O...
Towles, Oliver Excerpt from Prepositional Phrases of Asseveration and Adjuration in Old and Middle FrenchIn this study we are not concerned with either of the above formulas of invocation, but with the invocation of objects of reverence and love by means of a phrase consisting of an introductory preposition plus the name of the object invoked. In this form of invocation also the ideas of entreaty for aid '1 and of imprecation2 seem to be the emphasizing prin...