The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 279
... faerie and queene of faerie , to make fairies the modern substitute for the native title of elves . Into the groove thus prepared by the French -ERIE , we have received the word psaltery from the Greek -npiov . ( Whether these two are ...
... faerie and queene of faerie , to make fairies the modern substitute for the native title of elves . Into the groove thus prepared by the French -ERIE , we have received the word psaltery from the Greek -npiov . ( Whether these two are ...
Pagina 281
... Faerie Queene , iii . I. 19 . dreriment . To sorrow huge she turned her former play , And gamesome mirth to grievous dreriment . ' Faerie Queene , iii . 4. 30 . In the following quotation , intendiment means ' knowledge , ' from the ...
... Faerie Queene , iii . I. 19 . dreriment . To sorrow huge she turned her former play , And gamesome mirth to grievous dreriment . ' Faerie Queene , iii . 4. 30 . In the following quotation , intendiment means ' knowledge , ' from the ...
Pagina 284
... Faerie Queene , iii . 2. 26 : — The Damzell well did vew his Personage . ' Carriage now signifies a vehicle for carrying ; but in the Bible of 1611 it occurs eight times as the collective for things carried , impedimenta . In Numbers iv ...
... Faerie Queene , iii . 2. 26 : — The Damzell well did vew his Personage . ' Carriage now signifies a vehicle for carrying ; but in the Bible of 1611 it occurs eight times as the collective for things carried , impedimenta . In Numbers iv ...
Pagina 289
... is an active sub- stantive as a counterpart . Thus lessor , lessee ; mortgagor , mortgagee . In -ard . Examples : -bastard , buzzard , coward , dastard , U dotard ( Spenser , Faerie Queene , iii . 9. SUBSTANTIVES - FRENCH . 289.
... is an active sub- stantive as a counterpart . Thus lessor , lessee ; mortgagor , mortgagee . In -ard . Examples : -bastard , buzzard , coward , dastard , U dotard ( Spenser , Faerie Queene , iii . 9. SUBSTANTIVES - FRENCH . 289.
Pagina 290
John Earle. dotard ( Spenser , Faerie Queene , iii . 9. 8 ) , drunkard , dullard , haggard ( a sort of hawk ) , laggard , mallard , niggard , pollard , sluggard , standard , tankard ( = a little tank , French étang , Latin stagnum ) ...
John Earle. dotard ( Spenser , Faerie Queene , iii . 9. 8 ) , drunkard , dullard , haggard ( a sort of hawk ) , laggard , mallard , niggard , pollard , sluggard , standard , tankard ( = a little tank , French étang , Latin stagnum ) ...
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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 þæt þat