The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... Danish or Swedish the inde- finite article a or an is 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 ...
... Danish or Swedish the inde- finite article a or an is 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 ...
Pagina 10
... Danish passive form : - ACTIVE . at give , to give at elske , to love at finde , to find at faae , to get at drive , to drive PASSIVE . at gives , to be given at elskes , to be loved at findes , to be found at faaes , to be gotten at ...
... Danish passive form : - ACTIVE . at give , to give at elske , to love at finde , to find at faae , to get at drive , to drive PASSIVE . at gives , to be given at elskes , to be loved at findes , to be found at faaes , to be gotten at ...
Pagina 16
... Teutonic Platt - Deutsch , and the Northern or Scandinavian . It was at the point of junction between these halves - at the neck of the Danish peninsula , along the banks of the Elbe , and 16 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... Teutonic Platt - Deutsch , and the Northern or Scandinavian . It was at the point of junction between these halves - at the neck of the Danish peninsula , along the banks of the Elbe , and 16 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 21
... Danish , & c . The words alder , apple , ash , aspen , beam , bean , beech , bere , birch , bloom , blossom , bramble , clover , corn , elm , flax , grass , holt , leek , lime , moss , nightshade , oak , radish , reed , root , rye ...
... Danish , & c . The words alder , apple , ash , aspen , beam , bean , beech , bere , birch , bloom , blossom , bramble , clover , corn , elm , flax , grass , holt , leek , lime , moss , nightshade , oak , radish , reed , root , rye ...
Pagina 27
... Danish period . Wessex , or the country of the West Saxons , becomes the arena of our narrative henceforth , and the Anglian does not claim notice again until the four- teenth century , when that dialect had shaped itself into a new and ...
... Danish period . Wessex , or the country of the West Saxons , becomes the arena of our narrative henceforth , and the Anglian does not claim notice again until the four- teenth century , when that dialect had shaped itself into a new and ...
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