The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 35
... represented by verily , and in modern times by certainly . The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . One might construct a table of words ...
... represented by verily , and in modern times by certainly . The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . One might construct a table of words ...
Pagina 39
... represents the first numeral , which we now call WON and write ONE ; in the latter it is the indefinite article . By such examples we see that words which in their visible form remain unaltered , may yet have become greatly changed in ...
... represents the first numeral , which we now call WON and write ONE ; in the latter it is the indefinite article . By such examples we see that words which in their visible form remain unaltered , may yet have become greatly changed in ...
Pagina 45
... representing the dialect of the south and west , and Orm that of the east and north . The Brut of Layamon , a work which embodies in a poetic form the legends of British history , and which exceeds 30,000 lines , was edited , with an ...
... representing the dialect of the south and west , and Orm that of the east and north . The Brut of Layamon , a work which embodies in a poetic form the legends of British history , and which exceeds 30,000 lines , was edited , with an ...
Pagina 58
... ; these have him bought , and those have sold . Here the form he represents the Saxon hi , and is equiva- lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form 58 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Literature of the Transition.
... ; these have him bought , and those have sold . Here the form he represents the Saxon hi , and is equiva- lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form 58 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Literature of the Transition.
Pagina 68
... represented by three well - marked forms of the present tense indicative , viz . -eth , -en , and -es . The -n of the Midland dialect may be seen at 57. This form is restricted and comparatively obscure . The eth is Southern , the es ...
... represented by three well - marked forms of the present tense indicative , viz . -eth , -en , and -es . The -n of the Midland dialect may be seen at 57. This form is restricted and comparatively obscure . The eth is Southern , the es ...
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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