The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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... common to many languages , with the ultimate aim of seeking that which is universal and essential to all . The position which our language assumes in the com- parative scheme , is remarkable and peculiar . Starting as one of the purest ...
... common to many languages , with the ultimate aim of seeking that which is universal and essential to all . The position which our language assumes in the com- parative scheme , is remarkable and peculiar . Starting as one of the purest ...
Pagina 19
... , and it is the common word for river in Wales to this day . So again with regard to that large class of river - names which are merely variations of the one name Isca - Usk C 2 DOMESTIC RELATIONS . 19 Domestic Relations.
... , and it is the common word for river in Wales to this day . So again with regard to that large class of river - names which are merely variations of the one name Isca - Usk C 2 DOMESTIC RELATIONS . 19 Domestic Relations.
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... common to us with the German , Dutch , Danish , & c . The words alder , apple , ash , aspen , beam , bean , beech , bere , birch , bloom , blossom , bramble , clover , corn , elm , flax , grass , holt , leek , lime , moss , nightshade ...
... common to us with the German , Dutch , Danish , & c . The words alder , apple , ash , aspen , beam , bean , beech , bere , birch , bloom , blossom , bramble , clover , corn , elm , flax , grass , holt , leek , lime , moss , nightshade ...
Pagina 38
... common preposition in Saxon , but its area of incidence is different . We often find that an Anglo- Saxon on cannot be rendered by the same preposition in modern English , e . g . ' Pone be he geseah on pære cyrcan , ' Whom he saw in ...
... common preposition in Saxon , but its area of incidence is different . We often find that an Anglo- Saxon on cannot be rendered by the same preposition in modern English , e . g . ' Pone be he geseah on pære cyrcan , ' Whom he saw in ...
Pagina 57
... common hasardour . Canterbury Tales , 12,522 . It is a comfort to observe that even a word may outlive a bad reputation . The word hazard , though still a gambling term in the last century , has now little association with disorderly ...
... common hasardour . Canterbury Tales , 12,522 . It is a comfort to observe that even a word may outlive a bad reputation . The word hazard , though still a gambling term in the last century , has now little association with disorderly ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon become BISHOP called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect distinction English language example expression Extra fcap Faery Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammar Greek guttural habit haue Hebrew High Dutch illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection Italian John John Keble King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord means mind modern Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle person philology phonetic phrasal phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation reader relics rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon Second Edition seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces translated verb vowel W. W. Skeat writing written þat