In such expressions as 'the island of Britain,' the second noun is not put
in the genitive, but the two are simply put in {43} apposition, both being
declined separately:--_Breten [=i]e[.g]land, on Bretene (th[=ae]m)
[=i]e[.g]lande_. In 'king Alfred,' &c., the proper name is put first in the
same way:--_Aelfred aetheling_ (prince Alfred); _on Aethelredes cyninges
dae[.g]e_ (in the days of king Aethelred).
There is a similar apposition with the adjective _sum_ followed by a noun
or pronoun, as in _sume th[=a] m[e,]nn_ (some of the men); _th[=a] th[=a]
h[=e] s[=e]ow, sumu h[=i]e f[=e]ollon with we[.g]_ (while he sowed, some of
them [the seeds] fell by the road). Sometimes the pronoun precedes, as in
_th[=a] b[=ae]don h[=i]e sume thaet Samson m[=o]ste him macian sum gamen_
(then some of them asked that Samson might make some sport for them).
Another kind of apposition occurs in instances like the following, where we
have an adjective agreeing with a following noun, and denoting a part of
it:--_h[=i]e [.g]e.s[=ae]ton s[=u]thanwearde Bretene [=ae]rest_ (they
occupied the south of Britain first); _s[=u]thanweard hit_ (= thaet land)
_haefdon Peohtas_ (the Picts had the south part of it).