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The adjective "learnèd" (meaning "well-educated") is a native English word that should take the grave accent even outside of poetry. Also "unlearnèd".
by o11c 1y ago
The adjective "learnèd" (meaning "well-educated") is a native English word that should take the grave accent even outside of poetry. Also "unlearnèd".
- MLR 1y agoWinged and legged are still pronounced like that too, at least by some. Interestingly, as an addition to the parent comment, there's a certain point in time where a lot of -ed words are often spelt -'d, which presumably is from the transitionary period between the expectation that the -ed was pronounced and today's general pronunciation.
- UncleSlacky 1y agoYou see this in Shakespeare's plays, "-ed" endings are the equivalent of "-èd", whereas "-'d" is pronounced "-ed" as is common today.
- dfawcus 1y agoOddly enough, I pronounce 'legged' that way, but not 'winged'. e.g. "Long legged monster"