Partitives are defined as constructions that may express the proportional relation of a subset to a superset (Seržant 2021: 881). In Old English, the second argument of transitive verbs could be in the genitive or in a PP headed by the preposition of to express partitive meaning. However, there could be some ambiguities in interpretation, since the PP of + dat could also express a source (e.g. & ett of minum huntnoðe “and eat (a part) of my hunt / and eat from my hunt”).
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