The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 4
... original sense with for , fore , forth , & c . : Tôλos , pullus and foal , filly : múg , pugnus and fist : Tarp , pater and father : névte and five , German fünf : πoús , pes and foot : pecus and feoh : pasco and feed : piscis and fish ...
... original sense with for , fore , forth , & c . : Tôλos , pullus and foal , filly : múg , pugnus and fist : Tarp , pater and father : névte and five , German fünf : πoús , pes and foot : pecus and feoh : pasco and feed : piscis and fish ...
Pagina 16
... original Saxony ' of European history was in this part , namely , the middle and lower biet of the Elbe . The name of ' Saxon ' has always adhered to our nation , though we have seemed almost as if we had been willing to divest ...
... original Saxony ' of European history was in this part , namely , the middle and lower biet of the Elbe . The name of ' Saxon ' has always adhered to our nation , though we have seemed almost as if we had been willing to divest ...
Pagina 39
... original sense of BE in verbal composition faded from sight , and it made no new compounds for a while . At length however , in the tenth and eleventh centuries , a vast influx of these compounds rushed suddenly into the language . In ...
... original sense of BE in verbal composition faded from sight , and it made no new compounds for a while . At length however , in the tenth and eleventh centuries , a vast influx of these compounds rushed suddenly into the language . In ...
Pagina 40
... original use . Such were some of the features of the Saxon speech , as well as we can illustrate them by a reference to modern English . Speaking relatively to the times , it was not a rude language , but probably the most disciplined ...
... original use . Such were some of the features of the Saxon speech , as well as we can illustrate them by a reference to modern English . Speaking relatively to the times , it was not a rude language , but probably the most disciplined ...
Pagina 53
... original language of Magna Carta was French and not Latin . But though a critical examination may lead to this conclusion , it would be of no value for our present purpose , unless it could be shewn that in this kingdom it was ...
... original language of Magna Carta was French and not Latin . But though a critical examination may lead to this conclusion , it would be of no value for our present purpose , unless it could be shewn that in this kingdom it was ...
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