§ 427] Accusative and Genitive Cases 183 An accusative of the person is used with the impersonal verbs grēdōn, to be hungry; huggrjan, to hunger; þaúrs-jan, to thirst; and also with gen. of the thing kar(a) 1st, there is a care, it concerns, as ni kar-ist ina þizē lambē, he careth not for the sheep. The space and time over which an action extends are expressed by the accusative, as qēmun dagis wig, they went a day's journey; jabái hras þuk ananáuþjái rasta áina, gaggáls miþ imma twos, if anyone (whosoever) shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two; salida twans dagans, he abode two days. láísjan takes two accusatives, one of the person, and one of the thing taught, as láisida ins in gajukōm manag, he taught them many a thing in parables. The following verbs and a few others have a double accusative in the active, one of the external object, and one of the predicate :— táujan, as hrana þuk silban táujis þu ? whom makest Ihou thyself?; waúrkjan, as raíhtōs waúrkeiþ stáigōs guþs unsaris, make ye straight the paths of our God; briggan, as so sunja frijans izwis briggiþ, the truth shall make you free; dōmjan, as garaíhtana đōmidēđun guþ, they justified God; kunnan, as kunnanđs ina waír garaíhtana jah weihana, knowing him (to be) a just and holy man; bigitan, as bigētun þana siukan skalk háilana, they found the sick servant ivhole; qiþan, as izwis ni qiba skalkans, / call you not servants ; namnjan, as þanzei apaústaúluns namniđa, whom he called apostles; rahnjan, as triggwana mik rahniđa, he counted me faithful; háitan, as Daweid ina fráujan háitiþ, David calls him Lord; áihan, as attan áigum Abraham, we have Abraham as father. § 427. Genitive. Many verbs govern the direct or indirect object in the genitive, as hilp meináizōs un-galáubeináis, help thou my unbelief; fraíhna jah ik izwis áinis waúrdis, / will also ask you one word; saei allis skamáiþ sik meina aíbbáu meináizē waúrđē, bizuh