The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 115
... beginning of the thirteenth century . Previous to this the Anglo - Saxon writers had done very well without it ; having expressed the sound of qu by the letters cw : examples - cwalm ( qualm , pestilence , death ) , cwa ( quoth ) , cwen ...
... beginning of the thirteenth century . Previous to this the Anglo - Saxon writers had done very well without it ; having expressed the sound of qu by the letters cw : examples - cwalm ( qualm , pestilence , death ) , cwa ( quoth ) , cwen ...
Pagina 119
... beginning of the word ewe . It is unthought of because it never meets the eye . To the same category belongs the initial y in the unwritten name of the vowel u . Add to this the case above at p . 107 , where kind is pronounced as kyind ...
... beginning of the word ewe . It is unthought of because it never meets the eye . To the same category belongs the initial y in the unwritten name of the vowel u . Add to this the case above at p . 107 , where kind is pronounced as kyind ...
Pagina 125
... beginning to lay my grundes of labial , dental , and guttural soundes and symboles , he snapped me on this hand and he on that , that the doctour had mikle a doe to win me roome for a syllogisme . Then ( said I ) a labial letter can not ...
... beginning to lay my grundes of labial , dental , and guttural soundes and symboles , he snapped me on this hand and he on that , that the doctour had mikle a doe to win me roome for a syllogisme . Then ( said I ) a labial letter can not ...
Pagina 127
... beginning with c were now ( i.e. after the transition period ) spelt either with K or with CH . Examples of a Saxon c turned into K : — Cæg , key Cene , keen Ceol , keel Cnawan , know Cnedan , knead Cneow , knee Cent , Kent Cepan , keep ...
... beginning with c were now ( i.e. after the transition period ) spelt either with K or with CH . Examples of a Saxon c turned into K : — Cæg , key Cene , keen Ceol , keel Cnawan , know Cnedan , knead Cneow , knee Cent , Kent Cepan , keep ...
Pagina 129
... beginning in sc- are in modern English spelt sh- e . g . Sceaf , sheaf Sceaft , shaft Sceal , shall Sceamu , shame Sceap , sheep Scearp , sharp Sceort , short Sceo , shoe Sceanca , shank Scild , shield . The vowels will afford further ...
... beginning in sc- are in modern English spelt sh- e . g . Sceaf , sheaf Sceaft , shaft Sceal , shall Sceamu , shame Sceap , sheep Scearp , sharp Sceort , short Sceo , shoe Sceanca , shank Scild , shield . The vowels will afford further ...
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