The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 106
... once fall into disuse . Runes are found on grave- stones , church crosses , fibulæ , & c . , down at least to the eleventh century . The Isle of Man is famous for its Runic stones , especially the church of Kirk Braddan . These are 1 ...
... once fall into disuse . Runes are found on grave- stones , church crosses , fibulæ , & c . , down at least to the eleventh century . The Isle of Man is famous for its Runic stones , especially the church of Kirk Braddan . These are 1 ...
Pagina 116
... once occupied , especially the short ' a . ' And many examples which then existed are now lost . ( We will consider the losses first , and the compensations afterwards . 112. ) The single instance of -as , the plural form of an in ...
... once occupied , especially the short ' a . ' And many examples which then existed are now lost . ( We will consider the losses first , and the compensations afterwards . 112. ) The single instance of -as , the plural form of an in ...
Pagina 121
... once heard and heeded it , will not stand to ask what was the ancient pronunciation of the verb cuman . This letter now represents the long ' u ' sound in very few words : bull , bush , full , pull , push , puss . The word put has this ...
... once heard and heeded it , will not stand to ask what was the ancient pronunciation of the verb cuman . This letter now represents the long ' u ' sound in very few words : bull , bush , full , pull , push , puss . The word put has this ...
Pagina 123
... once detect every E in the performance : first by their numerical pre- ponderance , and then by their position . As o between ' A ' and ' u , ' so E has its seat between ' A ' and ' 1 ' and it is easy to point to instances in which it ...
... once detect every E in the performance : first by their numerical pre- ponderance , and then by their position . As o between ' A ' and ' u , ' so E has its seat between ' A ' and ' 1 ' and it is easy to point to instances in which it ...
Pagina 127
... once the series , rin , ran , run . After this pattern we may sometimes reconstruct old verbs that have had their conjugation modernised . When we read in Chaucer of the feelings of the woman who was ready to burst till she had told her ...
... once the series , rin , ran , run . After this pattern we may sometimes reconstruct old verbs that have had their conjugation modernised . When we read in Chaucer of the feelings of the woman who was ready to burst till she had told her ...
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