The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... syllables to the nouns , and then they have the effect of the definite article : skoven , the wood ; træet , the tree ; Juletræet , the Christmas tree . 9. The possession of a form for the passive is hardly less remarkable , when we ...
... syllables to the nouns , and then they have the effect of the definite article : skoven , the wood ; træet , the tree ; Juletræet , the Christmas tree . 9. The possession of a form for the passive is hardly less remarkable , when we ...
Pagina 19
... syllable : TIGOL , a tile , is the Roman tegula . At this time , too , we must have received the names of many plants and fruits , as PYRIGE , the pear , Latin pyrus . 19. Many of the words which pertain to the personal and social ...
... syllable : TIGOL , a tile , is the Roman tegula . At this time , too , we must have received the names of many plants and fruits , as PYRIGE , the pear , Latin pyrus . 19. Many of the words which pertain to the personal and social ...
Pagina 20
... syllable in Winchester appears , through the Latin form of Venta , to have been the same as the Welsh gwent , a plain or open country . The first syllable in Manchester is probably the old Keltic MAN , place ; just as it probably is in ...
... syllable in Winchester appears , through the Latin form of Venta , to have been the same as the Welsh gwent , a plain or open country . The first syllable in Manchester is probably the old Keltic MAN , place ; just as it probably is in ...
Pagina 23
... syllable in Corn- wall , for the Kelts who dwelt there were by the Saxons named the Walas of Kernyw . The word was weal or wealh , feminine wylen ; and it is an illustration of the servile condition to which the old inhabitants were ...
... syllable in Corn- wall , for the Kelts who dwelt there were by the Saxons named the Walas of Kernyw . The word was weal or wealh , feminine wylen ; and it is an illustration of the servile condition to which the old inhabitants were ...
Pagina 62
... syllable lines , a measure which thence- forward became famous in literature , and took the name of ' Alexandrine , ' after this romance . It was Spenser who gave the Alexandrine metre an acknowledged place in English poetry . But the ...
... syllable lines , a measure which thence- forward became famous in literature , and took the name of ' Alexandrine , ' after this romance . It was Spenser who gave the Alexandrine metre an acknowledged place in English poetry . But the ...
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