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old english - Origin of -(e)s in present indicative third singular


I'm aware that it comes from a Northern dialect of Middle English as in:



He sing(e)s



With the full Northern conjugation being:



Ik sing(e)
Þu/ou sing(e)s
He sing(e)s
We/ye/they sings



But in Old English and other West Germanic languages, there wasn't -s or -r in the 3rd-person singular indicative present.


I know that many Northern dialect words come from Old Norse, and a little grammar.


The Norse Conjugation of mæla is:



Ek mæli vér mælum
Þú mælir þér mælið
Hann mælir þeir mæla



And the rune used to write the ending -r in Norse was originally used for the s sound and it remained the rune even when the sound changed, meaning that it was likely originally hann mælis. And there were many Vikings in Northern England.


Is Old Norse a reasonable origin for the third singular -(e)s? Is my little theory sound?




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