The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 38
... thou knowest . It had , moreover , a use in Saxon which it has now lost , but which it has retained in German , where fennen , to know , is the proper word for speaking of acquaintance with persons . So in Saxon : ' Canst pu pone preost ...
... thou knowest . It had , moreover , a use in Saxon which it has now lost , but which it has retained in German , where fennen , to know , is the proper word for speaking of acquaintance with persons . So in Saxon : ' Canst pu pone preost ...
Pagina 39
... thou comest to Winchester : ' Se mann wearð þa gebroht to his bedde , ' The man was then brought to his bed . 38. With in Saxon meant against , and we have still a relic of that sense in our compound verb WITHSTAND , which means to ...
... thou comest to Winchester : ' Se mann wearð þa gebroht to his bedde , ' The man was then brought to his bed . 38. With in Saxon meant against , and we have still a relic of that sense in our compound verb WITHSTAND , which means to ...
Pagina 48
... thou art welcome , thou wert Cador's son : I here commit to thee , my kingdom : and guide thou my Britons aye to thy life's cost : and assure them all the laws , that have stood in my days : and all the laws so good , that by Uther's ...
... thou art welcome , thou wert Cador's son : I here commit to thee , my kingdom : and guide thou my Britons aye to thy life's cost : and assure them all the laws , that have stood in my days : and all the laws so good , that by Uther's ...
Pagina 63
... thou hast , ho hadde she had ; whereas in Robert of Gloucester it is adde . He writes is for his , ire for hire ( her ) , om for home . The Dorset , on the other hand , retains the h in hit it ; writes the owl down as a ' hule ' and a ...
... thou hast , ho hadde she had ; whereas in Robert of Gloucester it is adde . He writes is for his , ire for hire ( her ) , om for home . The Dorset , on the other hand , retains the h in hit it ; writes the owl down as a ' hule ' and a ...
Pagina 110
... thou but I , And that bare vowell I shall poyson more Than the death - darting eye of Cockatrice ; I am not I , if there be such an I : Or those eyes shut , that makes thee answere I. If he be slaine say I ; or if not , no : Briefe ...
... thou but I , And that bare vowell I shall poyson more Than the death - darting eye of Cockatrice ; I am not I , if there be such an I : Or those eyes shut , that makes thee answere I. If he be slaine say I ; or if not , no : Briefe ...
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