The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 46
... ancient grammar . Among the more observable features of his language are the following : — Infinitives in i , ie , or y ; the use of v forƒ ; the use of u for i ory in such words as dude , did ; hudde , hid ; hulle , hill ; putte , pit ...
... ancient grammar . Among the more observable features of his language are the following : — Infinitives in i , ie , or y ; the use of v forƒ ; the use of u for i ory in such words as dude , did ; hudde , hid ; hulle , hill ; putte , pit ...
Pagina 53
... ancient style ; but the style is chaotic , and abounds in accidental decorations , like a thing constructed out of ruins . In the Ormulum the regularity is perfect , but it is the regularity of the new style of versification , learnt ...
... ancient style ; but the style is chaotic , and abounds in accidental decorations , like a thing constructed out of ruins . In the Ormulum the regularity is perfect , but it is the regularity of the new style of versification , learnt ...
Pagina 100
... ancient Egyptian , having gone through all the stages , retain something of each , and present a mixture of all , not having become purely alphabetic . 91. That simplification which resulted in the production of an Alphabet was much ...
... ancient Egyptian , having gone through all the stages , retain something of each , and present a mixture of all , not having become purely alphabetic . 91. That simplification which resulted in the production of an Alphabet was much ...
Pagina 102
... ancient ; -in the Moso- gothic Gospels we find runa nemun , they took counsel , Matt . xxvii . 1 , and other instances . This rown became round and round , on the principle of N drawing a D after it ; see below , 138. As in The Faery ...
... ancient ; -in the Moso- gothic Gospels we find runa nemun , they took counsel , Matt . xxvii . 1 , and other instances . This rown became round and round , on the principle of N drawing a D after it ; see below , 138. As in The Faery ...
Pagina 107
... ancient Classics . The following table exhibits the chief forms under which the Roman alphabet has at different times been used in these islands : - AFTER BLACK IRISH . SAXON . ROMAN . ITALIC . VARIETY OF FORMS . 107.
... ancient Classics . The following table exhibits the chief forms under which the Roman alphabet has at different times been used in these islands : - AFTER BLACK IRISH . SAXON . ROMAN . ITALIC . VARIETY OF FORMS . 107.
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accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon become BISHOP called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect distinction English language example expression Extra fcap Faery Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammar Greek guttural habit haue Hebrew High Dutch illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection Italian John John Keble King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord means mind modern Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle person philology phonetic phrasal phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation reader relics rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon Second Edition seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces translated verb vowel W. W. Skeat writing written þat