The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 42
... character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of dignity , state , honour , and pre ...
... character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of dignity , state , honour , and pre ...
Pagina 47
... characters of the northern dialect was its avoidance of the old sc initial , which developed into the modern sh . The northern dialect in such cases wrote simply s . The northern form for shall was sall . So among the tribes of Israel ...
... characters of the northern dialect was its avoidance of the old sc initial , which developed into the modern sh . The northern dialect in such cases wrote simply s . The northern form for shall was sall . So among the tribes of Israel ...
Pagina 51
... CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . Forr himm birrp beon full clene mann , and all wipputenn ahhte , Buttan žatt mann himm findenn shall unnorne mete and węde . And tęr iss all žatt eorplig žing žatt minnstremann birrp E 2 OF THE ENGLISH ...
... CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . Forr himm birrp beon full clene mann , and all wipputenn ahhte , Buttan žatt mann himm findenn shall unnorne mete and węde . And tęr iss all žatt eorplig žing žatt minnstremann birrp E 2 OF THE ENGLISH ...
Pagina 56
... character- istic , and that is , the facility with which it disparaged good and respectable words . Villain , which has been quoted , was simply a class - name , by which a humble order of men was designated ; ceorl was a Saxon name of ...
... character- istic , and that is , the facility with which it disparaged good and respectable words . Villain , which has been quoted , was simply a class - name , by which a humble order of men was designated ; ceorl was a Saxon name of ...
Pagina 58
... character . This poem exhibits also the remarkable feature of he for the Anglo - Saxon hi , equiva- lent to the modern they . The date of it is about A.D. 1250 , and Mr. Morris is probably right in assigning Suffolk as its locality . It ...
... character . This poem exhibits also the remarkable feature of he for the Anglo - Saxon hi , equiva- lent to the modern they . The date of it is about A.D. 1250 , and Mr. Morris is probably right in assigning Suffolk as its locality . It ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb Alfred Tennyson alliteration ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Ballad Society become belongs called century character Chaucer collocation compound conjunction consonant dialect distinction Dutch elder emphasis English language example expression fact Faerie Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guage habit Hebrew Henry VI illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection King Latin Layamon letter literature means metre mind modern English native nature noun observed onomatopoetic original Ormulum orthography participle person philological phrasal phrase plural poet poetry preposition present preterite pronominal pronoun pronunciation Randle Cotgrave reader retained rhyme rhythm Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare signifies sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantive syllable symbol-verb symbolic words syntax thing thou tion tone traces translation verb verbal vowel William Cowper William Wordsworth writing written žęt žat