The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 15
... common with the Norsk dialects , which argue very 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 ...
... common with the Norsk dialects , which argue very 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 ...
Pagina 19
... , for 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 , Ux , Wis- in Wisbech C 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 19.
... , for 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 , Ux , Wis- in Wisbech C 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 19.
Pagina 21
... common to us with the German , Dutch , Danish , & c . The words tree , beam , holt , wood , oak , ash , elm , birch , beech , aspen , lime , yew , alder , thorn , bramble , reed , wheat , rye , bere , bean , weed , flax , wort , grass ...
... common to us with the German , Dutch , Danish , & c . The words tree , beam , holt , wood , oak , ash , elm , birch , beech , aspen , lime , yew , alder , thorn , bramble , reed , wheat , rye , bere , bean , weed , flax , wort , grass ...
Pagina 25
... common vehicle of thought throughout that Empire . The extant works of Będa are all in Latin , but they afford occasional glimpses of information about the spoken Englisc of his day . As for example , in the Epistola ad Ecgberhtum , he ...
... common vehicle of thought throughout that Empire . The extant works of Będa are all in Latin , but they afford occasional glimpses of information about the spoken Englisc of his day . As for example , in the Epistola ad Ecgberhtum , he ...
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 has now little associa- tion with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it ...
... common hasardour . ' Canterbury Tales , 12,522 . It is a comfort to observe that even a word may outlive a bad reputation . The word hazard has now little associa- tion with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it ...
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