Fernández Cuesta, Julia MaríaLangmuir Thomson, Christopher Eric2025-07-232025-07-232025-07Fernández Cuesta, J.M. y Langmuir Thomson, C.E. (2025). Mood selection in the old Northumbrian gloss to Durham MS A.IV.19. Transactions of the Philological Society, 123 (2), 189-212. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12314.0079-16361467-968Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/175563The aim of this article is to examine the use of the subjunctive in the 10th-century OldNorthumbrian gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19. We assess whether there is evidence for aweakening of the indicative/subjunctive opposition, as has been argued for the earliergloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels, which was the work of the same glossator, Aldred ofChester-le-Street. For this purpose, we analyse the subjunctive forms in both main andsubordinate clauses in conjunction with their Latin lemmata, taking into account boththeir syntactic context and cotext. We also examine the factors that may have conditionedAldred’s selection of mood and, additionally, address instances in which his glossesappear to correct erroneous Latin lemmata. No evidence was found for the breakdown ofthe subjunctive category in Durham Collectar, which may be related to features of thistext type. Our study also identifies corrections of erroneous Latin inflections in the textand, conversely, potential misrecognition of the forms of the relevant Latin lemmata.application/pdf24 p.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12314