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Thus if the Latin or Greek word begins with P the English word begins with F.
Examples : irvp and fire: irpo, irptaros, primus, compared with the Saxon words
fruma,frem ; with the modern preposition from, which is of the same root and
original ...
Thus if the Latin or Greek word begins with P the English word begins with F.
Examples : irvp and fire: irpo, irptaros, primus, compared with the Saxon words
fruma,frem ; with the modern preposition from, which is of the same root and
original ...
Pagina 16
That a word of mark like this should have its barrier between us and Germany—
should be in Norsk and Saxon, but not in any High or Low Dutch — is an
indication that our ancestors can hardly be classed as pure and unaltered
Teutons.
That a word of mark like this should have its barrier between us and Germany—
should be in Norsk and Saxon, but not in any High or Low Dutch — is an
indication that our ancestors can hardly be classed as pure and unaltered
Teutons.
Pagina 17
There is some degree of literary impropriety in this, because the Saxons called
their own language Englisc. On this ground some critics insist that we should let
the word English stand for the whole extent of our insular history, which they
would ...
There is some degree of literary impropriety in this, because the Saxons called
their own language Englisc. On this ground some critics insist that we should let
the word English stand for the whole extent of our insular history, which they
would ...
Pagina 18
left a trace upon their language. And hence we find that of the words which the
Saxons learnt from the Britons, some are undoubted Latin, others are doubtful
whether they should be called Latin or Keltic. Of the first class are those ele- •
ments ...
left a trace upon their language. And hence we find that of the words which the
Saxons learnt from the Britons, some are undoubted Latin, others are doubtful
whether they should be called Latin or Keltic. Of the first class are those ele- •
ments ...
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of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period bore the title of DISC-]>EGN-,
dish-thane. From those which we class as certainly Brito-Roman, we move on to
some other words which hover between the characteristics of British and ...
of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period bore the title of DISC-]>EGN-,
dish-thane. From those which we class as certainly Brito-Roman, we move on to
some other words which hover between the characteristics of British and ...
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accent adjective adverb already altered ancient appears become beginning belongs called cause century character Chaucer close common compared compound conjunction continued dialect distinction early effect element English example existence expression fact familiar flexion French function German give grammatical Greek habit hand idea illustration indicate infinitive inflections instances interjection kind King language Latin less letter literature look lost manner means mind nature never noun observe once original passed perhaps period person philological plural poetry position preposition present probably pronoun pronunciation Queene reader reason regard represented retained Saxon seems seen sense sentence sometimes sort sound speak speech spelling stand strong substantive syllable symbolic taken term thing thou thought tion traces translation true verb vowel whole word writing written
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Università di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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