The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 19
... retain five places in our version of the Old Testament , as may be seen by reference to Cruden's Concordance , under the words Ear , Eared , Earing . This word might be derived from the Latin arare , through the British form aru ; or ...
... retain five places in our version of the Old Testament , as may be seen by reference to Cruden's Concordance , under the words Ear , Eared , Earing . This word might be derived from the Latin arare , through the British form aru ; or ...
Pagina 27
... retained the old heroic songs and epics of national story ; sometimes in the ancient form , sometimes in revised and modernised versions . We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches which are still ...
... retained the old heroic songs and epics of national story ; sometimes in the ancient form , sometimes in revised and modernised versions . We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches which are still ...
Pagina 37
... retained in German , where fennen , to know , is the proper word for speaking of acquaintance with persons . So in Saxon : Canst þu pone preost þe is gehaten Eadsige ? ' Knowest thou the priest that is called Eadsige ? " On , the ...
... retained in German , where fennen , to know , is the proper word for speaking of acquaintance with persons . So in Saxon : Canst þu pone preost þe is gehaten Eadsige ? ' Knowest thou the priest that is called Eadsige ? " On , the ...
Pagina 40
... retained by the Germans , Beiwort . But we see it figuring as a mere vague 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 ...
... retained by the Germans , Beiwort . But we see it figuring as a mere vague 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 ...
Pagina 47
... retains an echo of the literary Englisc . Though he wrote for popular use , yet the scholar is apparent , and he had conned the old native literature enough to give a tinge to his diction , and to preserve a little of the ancient ...
... retains an echo of the literary Englisc . Though he wrote for popular use , yet the scholar is apparent , and he had conned the old native literature enough to give a tinge to his diction , and to preserve a little of the ancient ...
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