The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 7
... represented by en for masculine and feminine , and et for neuter . Thus en skov signifies a wood ( shaw ) and et træ signifies a tree . But if you want to say the wood , the tree , you suffix the selfsame articles to the nouns , and ...
... represented by en for masculine and feminine , and et for neuter . Thus en skov signifies a wood ( shaw ) and et træ signifies a tree . But if you want to say the wood , the tree , you suffix the selfsame articles to the nouns , and ...
Pagina 17
... represented by the Welsh . It was an ancient Keltic dialect somewhat tinctured with Latin . The Britons had been in subjection to Roman dominion for a space of between three and four centuries . This would naturally have C left a trace ...
... represented by the Welsh . It was an ancient Keltic dialect somewhat tinctured with Latin . The Britons had been in subjection to Roman dominion for a space of between three and four centuries . This would naturally have C left a trace ...
Pagina 28
... represented by an exuberant Saxon version of the Psalter which is pre- served in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris , and which was printed in the year 1835 at the Clarendon Press , under the editorship of Mr. Thorpe . But though we ...
... represented by an exuberant Saxon version of the Psalter which is pre- served in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris , and which was printed in the year 1835 at the Clarendon Press , under the editorship of Mr. Thorpe . But though we ...
Pagina 32
... gebiddan ' is in English represented by the preposition to . But then we observe further in the second place , that there are phrases with prepositions as well as inflections . 6 The phrases on þa heahnysse , ' ' mid 32 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... gebiddan ' is in English represented by the preposition to . But then we observe further in the second place , that there are phrases with prepositions as well as inflections . 6 The phrases on þa heahnysse , ' ' mid 32 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 34
... represented by verily , and in modern times by certainly . The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was the medieval litten ...
... represented by verily , and in modern times by certainly . The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was the medieval litten ...
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