The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-5 di 53
Pagina 26
... tion . The first is Benedict Biscop , an Anglian by birth , who made five visits to Rome , and founded the monastery of 1 Yet we find the Latin equivalent of Seaxisc , as in Asser's Life of Alfred , where the vernacular is called ...
... tion . The first is Benedict Biscop , an Anglian by birth , who made five visits to Rome , and founded the monastery of 1 Yet we find the Latin equivalent of Seaxisc , as in Asser's Life of Alfred , where the vernacular is called ...
Pagina 28
... tion occurred . Northumbria and Mercia fell into the hands of the heathen Danes , and culture was obliterated in those parts which had hitherto been most enlightened . It was Alfred's first care , after he had won the security of his ...
... tion occurred . Northumbria and Mercia fell into the hands of the heathen Danes , and culture was obliterated in those parts which had hitherto been most enlightened . It was Alfred's first care , after he had won the security of his ...
Pagina 36
... tion to the distinction of the initial capital , which in German belongs to substantives : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of ...
... tion to the distinction of the initial capital , which in German belongs to substantives : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of ...
Pagina 44
... tion of saying Dim Saesoneg out of churlishness . They may understand the enquiry , and yet they may not possess English enough to make answer with . A frontier between English and French must have existed in the Norman period in every ...
... tion of saying Dim Saesoneg out of churlishness . They may understand the enquiry , and yet they may not possess English enough to make answer with . A frontier between English and French must have existed in the Norman period in every ...
Pagina 47
... tion , Scheide - Wall ; and in the later or northern text it is sid wal . 46. Our first quotation presents the two texts side by side , with the editor's translation appended : — Line 23495 . ELDER TEXT . ža cleopede Aršur , ędelest ...
... tion , Scheide - Wall ; and in the later or northern text it is sid wal . 46. Our first quotation presents the two texts side by side , with the editor's translation appended : — Line 23495 . ELDER TEXT . ža cleopede Aršur , ędelest ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
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 žat