The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 15
... close relations with those people . A striking illustration of this may be found in the Anglo- Saxon word for the giant of the legends . The giant is eoten , the same word as the Old Norsk jötunn — a word unknown 1 Freeman's Norman ...
... close relations with those people . A striking illustration of this may be found in the Anglo- Saxon word for the giant of the legends . The giant is eoten , the same word as the Old Norsk jötunn — a word unknown 1 Freeman's Norman ...
Pagina 34
... close , in addition to the distinction of the initial capital , which in German belongs to all substantives : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun man . In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes ...
... close , in addition to the distinction of the initial capital , which in German belongs to all substantives : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun man . In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes ...
Pagina 42
... close observation of the nature and character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of ...
... close observation of the nature and character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of ...
Pagina 47
... close of the latest Saxon Chronicle : nearer than we might have expected from the space which separates them in geography . But we must . remember that we know nothing of Layamon's birthplace and the scene of his education . We are only ...
... close of the latest Saxon Chronicle : nearer than we might have expected from the space which separates them in geography . But we must . remember that we know nothing of Layamon's birthplace and the scene of his education . We are only ...
Pagina 57
... close the list of Norman illustrations with one example , by simply observing that this was the age which gave us the word Fitz as a prefix to family names . This word , the most innocent in the world ( being OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 57.
... close the list of Norman illustrations with one example , by simply observing that this was the age which gave us the word Fitz as a prefix to family names . This word , the most innocent in the world ( being OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 57.
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