The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 39
... Greek Tepiaipeiv . This same sense of BE is in bereave , Saxon bereafian , literally to strip off the clothing ( reaf ) round about or from about a person . Το this class belong the following : beheafdian , to behead ; be- landian or ...
... Greek Tepiaipeiv . This same sense of BE is in bereave , Saxon bereafian , literally to strip off the clothing ( reaf ) round about or from about a person . Το this class belong the following : beheafdian , to behead ; be- landian or ...
Pagina 113
... Greek letter . In Roman writing it had a very undefined position as a superfluous character , a mere duplicate - variety of c . This was also its position through the whole period of Anglo - Saxon literature I THE ENGLISH ALPHABET . 113.
... Greek letter . In Roman writing it had a very undefined position as a superfluous character , a mere duplicate - variety of c . This was also its position through the whole period of Anglo - Saxon literature I THE ENGLISH ALPHABET . 113.
Pagina 117
... Greek letter adopted by the Romans , and used in Saxon writing as a fine thin vowel ( like French u or German ü ) apt to be confused with i . call it the Greek I , ' I grec . ' The French After the Conquest it strangely got a ...
... Greek letter adopted by the Romans , and used in Saxon writing as a fine thin vowel ( like French u or German ü ) apt to be confused with i . call it the Greek I , ' I grec . ' The French After the Conquest it strangely got a ...
Pagina 119
... Greek pvoμos : at any rate we do owe many of our y's to the Greek v , such as tyrant , zephyr , hydraulic , hyssop , hypocrisy , hypothesis . In fact , so commonly does the English Y represent the Greek v , that Dr. Latham would limit ...
... Greek pvoμos : at any rate we do owe many of our y's to the Greek v , such as tyrant , zephyr , hydraulic , hyssop , hypocrisy , hypothesis . In fact , so commonly does the English Y represent the Greek v , that Dr. Latham would limit ...
Pagina 120
John Earle. words of Greek origin . ' Hyson and Hythe are the only two words in his Dictionary that begin with hy- , and are not Greek . Even the Saxon Hythe he would like to write Hithe , and for Hyrst he prefers the form Hurst . Z is a ...
John Earle. words of Greek origin . ' Hyson and Hythe are the only two words in his Dictionary that begin with hy- , and are not Greek . Even the Saxon Hythe he would like to write Hithe , and for Hyrst he prefers the form Hurst . Z is a ...
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