§§ 399-402] Word-Formation \ 79 are generally called bahuvrīhi or possessive compounds, as Lat. longipēs, having a long foot, long-footed; Gr. δυσμει-ήβ, having an evil mind, hostile; Gothic alja-kuns, belonging to another race, foreign ; arma-haírts, merciful; háuh-haírts, proud, haughty; ibna-leiks, equal; láus-handus, empty-handed; láusa-waúrds, talking vainly; ubil-waúrds, evil-speaking. VERBS. § 399. From a morphological point of view, all verbs may be divided into two great classes: simple and compound. Simple verbs are sub-divided into primary and denominative verbs. To the former sub-division belong the strong verbs and a certain number of weak verbs, and to the latter the denominative verbs. The simple primary verbs are here left out of further consideration, as their formation belongs to the wider field of comparative grammar. Compound verbs are of various kinds : (í) those formed from simple verbs by means of separable or inseparable particles, (2) those formed from nouns and adjectives with verbal prefixes or suffixes. § 40O. Simple verbs are formed direct from nouns and adjectives or from the corresponding strong verbs, as đáiljan, to deal out; fōđjan, to feed; namnjan, to name ; wēnjan, to hope; fiskōn, to fish; karōn, to care for. háiljan, to heal; hráinjan, to make clean; mikiljan, to magnify; weihnan, to become holy, lagjan, to lay; nasjan. to save; ráisjan, to raise; saíjan, to set; wanđjan, to turn. §401. Compound verbs are formed from simple verbs, nouns, and adjectives, by means of various prefixes. See below. On the accentuation of the prefixes in verbs see §§ 33-4. PREFIXES. § 402. af- (§ 355), as af-áikan, to deny; af-dáuþjan, to kill; af-gaggan, to go away; af-iētan, to dismiss; af-máitan, to cut off; af-slahan, to kill; af-tiuhan, to draw away. Ν 2