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It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term ' Saxon ' as a
distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature, and to
reserve the term 'English' for the later period. There is some degree of 1 6
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It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term ' Saxon ' as a
distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature, and to
reserve the term 'English' for the later period. There is some degree of 1 6
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'English' for the later period. 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 ...
'English' for the later period. 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 ...
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Many of the words which pertain to the personal and social comforts of life, were
in this manner learnt at secondhand from Roman culture : as DISC, a dish, from
his handing of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period 1 8 SKETCH OF
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Many of the words which pertain to the personal and social comforts of life, were
in this manner learnt at secondhand from Roman culture : as DISC, a dish, from
his handing of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period 1 8 SKETCH OF
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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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Here then we seem to have evidence of the influence of the Druids, as still
surviving within the Saxon period. Out of this word DRY, a verb was made, BE-
DRIAN, to bewitch or fascinate. Thus we read in the homily on SwrSun : — Sume
swefna ...
Here then we seem to have evidence of the influence of the Druids, as still
surviving within the Saxon period. Out of this word DRY, a verb was made, BE-
DRIAN, to bewitch or fascinate. Thus we read in the homily on SwrSun : — Sume
swefna ...
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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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