Even though degree adverbs (e.g., swiþe) represent the most common intensification strategy in Old English, morphological devices are also very frequent, as expected in a predominantly synthetic language. This article studies synthetic intensification strategies in Old English with a focus on degree modification of adjectives and adverbs by means of spatial formatives (e.g., þurh- in þurhbitter ‘very bitter’ and for- in foreaþe ‘very easily’), paying attention both to the features of the intensifying formative and to the characteristics of the intensified base. Using the cognitive construct of the “Image Schema,” I show that the original spatial meaning of the formatives can help explain their combinatorial preferences in terms of boundedness. Of all the items studied, for- stands out as the most grammaticalized Old English spatial intensifying formative: it is semantically opaque, is very productive with both adjectives and adverbs, and has a very wide collocational profile.

尽管程度副词（例如swiþe）是古英语中最常见的强化策略，但形态设备也非常频繁，正如主要使用合成语言所期望的那样。在古英语中通过空间构词（例如，手段本文研究合成的集约化战略，重点放在形容词和副词的程度的修改þurh-在þurhbitter “很苦”，并换在foreaþe“非常容易”），同时注意强化形成的特征和强化基础的特征。通过使用“图像模式”的认知构造，我证明了形成者的原始空间含义可以帮助他们以有界性来解释其组合偏好。在研究的所有项目中，对于-而言，它是最语法化的古英语空间强化形式：它在语义上是不透明的，在形容词和副词上都有很高的表现力，并且具有非常广泛的搭配特征。