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Pagina 34
... a plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these
it has lost the whole , except the formation of the simple plural . In application it
has altered ; for in Saxon times man was equally applicable to womankind as to ...
... a plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these
it has lost the whole , except the formation of the simple plural . In application it
has altered ; for in Saxon times man was equally applicable to womankind as to ...
Pagina 35
... shall be more lightly touched on . Word , has altered grammatically ; for in
Saxon it stood unvaried in the plural ( WORD ) , but it has now been long
assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by D 2 OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE . 35.
... shall be more lightly touched on . Word , has altered grammatically ; for in
Saxon it stood unvaried in the plural ( WORD ) , but it has now been long
assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by D 2 OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE . 35.
Pagina 36
assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by the addition of an s ( WORDS )
. Thing . This word had much the same vague and abstract use in Saxon as it has
now . On mang pisum žingum ' : among these things . ' Ic seah sellic žing ...
assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by the addition of an s ( WORDS )
. Thing . This word had much the same vague and abstract use in Saxon as it has
now . On mang pisum žingum ' : among these things . ' Ic seah sellic žing ...
Pagina 67
Among the most tenacious of these inflections was the genitive plural of
substantives in -ena ( Anglo - Saxon ) , and of adjectives in This -ena drooped
into the more languid -ene ; and the -ra appeared as er or -1 . Of the latter we
shall have ...
Among the most tenacious of these inflections was the genitive plural of
substantives in -ena ( Anglo - Saxon ) , and of adjectives in This -ena drooped
into the more languid -ene ; and the -ra appeared as er or -1 . Of the latter we
shall have ...
Pagina 85
... worthy - ness , & c .; why not busy - ness ? And yet the word appears to be
nothing but the French besogne or , as it was in early times written in the plural ,
besoingnes . Compare the modern French , Faites votre besogne , ' Do your duty
.
... worthy - ness , & c .; why not busy - ness ? And yet the word appears to be
nothing but the French besogne or , as it was in early times written in the plural ,
besoingnes . Compare the modern French , Faites votre besogne , ' Do your duty
.
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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