The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 51
John Earle. HOW TO SPELL . And whase wilenn shall piss boc efft operr sipe writenn himm bidde icc patt he't write rihht swa summ piss boc himm tæchepp and tatt he loke wel patt he an bocstaff write twiggess eggwhær þær itt uppo piss boc ...
John Earle. HOW TO SPELL . And whase wilenn shall piss boc efft operr sipe writenn himm bidde icc patt he't write rihht swa summ piss boc himm tæchepp and tatt he loke wel patt he an bocstaff write twiggess eggwhær þær itt uppo piss boc ...
Pagina 62
... spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal , schame , & c .; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue = shrive ; ssire shire ; bissopes = bishops ; and ...
... spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal , schame , & c .; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue = shrive ; ssire shire ; bissopes = bishops ; and ...
Pagina 106
... spell it , it is this : Ae . This A is a curiosity of the English language , and will call for further notice by - and - bye . The character I we call eye or igh ; the U we call yew . That I was called eye in Shakspeare's time , seems ...
... spell it , it is this : Ae . This A is a curiosity of the English language , and will call for further notice by - and - bye . The character I we call eye or igh ; the U we call yew . That I was called eye in Shakspeare's time , seems ...
Pagina 114
... spellings of politick , asthetick , & c . , CK may be taken as equivalent to KK . P is a letter that was not so much used in Old English as in some kindred dialects . Our Saxon ancestors seem to have had a repugnance to it as an initial ...
... spellings of politick , asthetick , & c . , CK may be taken as equivalent to KK . P is a letter that was not so much used in Old English as in some kindred dialects . Our Saxon ancestors seem to have had a repugnance to it as an initial ...
Pagina 115
... spelling certain Latin words , while kw is used for the same sound in the words of native origin . In English , on the contrary , the qu very soon prevailed even in the home - born words ; and before the close of the thir- teenth ...
... spelling certain Latin words , while kw is used for the same sound in the words of native origin . In English , on the contrary , the qu very soon prevailed even in the home - born words ; and before the close of the thir- teenth ...
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