The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 38
... prefix BE , as it offers an example of much interest , and no obscurity . The preposition BE , at the time when we first become acquainted with it , means about , around ; as , Forpam þe he sylf wiste gewissost be þam , ' forasmuch as ...
... prefix BE , as it offers an example of much interest , and no obscurity . The preposition BE , at the time when we first become acquainted with it , means about , around ; as , Forpam þe he sylf wiste gewissost be þam , ' forasmuch as ...
Pagina 39
... prefix . Examples : -bequeath , bethink , befall , beget , begin , behove , behide , believe , beseech , betell , betrap , bewed , behold , belong , bespeak , bestow . An indefinite number of verbs were afterwards made in the same way ...
... prefix . Examples : -bequeath , bethink , befall , beget , begin , behove , behide , believe , beseech , betell , betrap , bewed , behold , belong , bespeak , bestow . An indefinite number of verbs were afterwards made in the same way ...
Pagina 40
... prefix in the modern because , besides . The progress of this word from the early time when it had the definite sense of around , down to our own day , when it has become a mere formative without an assignable signification , can thus ...
... prefix in the modern because , besides . The progress of this word from the early time when it had the definite sense of around , down to our own day , when it has become a mere formative without an assignable signification , can thus ...
Pagina 57
... 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.
... 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.
Pagina 78
... prefix y- , as— ' And Brutus hath by hire chaste bloode yswore , That Tarquyn shuld ybanysshed be therfore . ' French words in Chaucer and Gower will sometimes assume a form which is literatim identical with some common English word ...
... prefix y- , as— ' And Brutus hath by hire chaste bloode yswore , That Tarquyn shuld ybanysshed be therfore . ' French words in Chaucer and Gower will sometimes assume a form which is literatim identical with some common English word ...
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