Alternation ‘reciprocal’ (Uncoded)

Reciprocal constructions behave similarly to reflexive ones, in that they have “the two nuclear arguments A and P acting on each other and being both agent and patient” (Cennamo 2015: 453). This might have been expressed by apparently the same construction as a plural subject + a reflexive personal pronoun object. For this reason, misunderstanding may have risen in the case of third person plural subjects, whose correct interpretation depended on context and situation (Visser 1963: 439). Other expression of reciprocity such as self- (Visser 1963: 440) or ælc to oðrum, are possible but not mandatory.