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... Second Series . By Max Müller . 1861-1864 . Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit , Zend , Greek , Latin , & c . Languages , by Professor F. Bopp . Translated by B. Eastwick , F.R.S. Third Edition . London : 1862 . Compendium der ...
... Second Series . By Max Müller . 1861-1864 . Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit , Zend , Greek , Latin , & c . Languages , by Professor F. Bopp . Translated by B. Eastwick , F.R.S. Third Edition . London : 1862 . Compendium der ...
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... second and third degrees of con- sanguinity and affinity , were already fixed , and were significant of affectionate regard and trustful interdependence . That woman was looked down upon as a being in capacity and dignity inferior to ...
... second and third degrees of con- sanguinity and affinity , were already fixed , and were significant of affectionate regard and trustful interdependence . That woman was looked down upon as a being in capacity and dignity inferior to ...
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... second , or the second to the first , thus d or t + s will becomes , as O.E. god - sib has become gossip . So 11. ] 25 GRIMM'S LAW .
... second , or the second to the first , thus d or t + s will becomes , as O.E. god - sib has become gossip . So 11. ] 25 GRIMM'S LAW .
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... second or the second similar to the first , as wept weeped , kembd and kempt combed ; so we have clotpoll and clodpoll ( cp . Lat . scriptus = scrib - tus ) . To a similar principle must be ascribed the loss of the guttural sound of h ...
... second or the second similar to the first , as wept weeped , kembd and kempt combed ; so we have clotpoll and clodpoll ( cp . Lat . scriptus = scrib - tus ) . To a similar principle must be ascribed the loss of the guttural sound of h ...
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... second body of Saxons , under Cerdic and Cynric , in WESSEX , in 495 . IV . The third body of Saxons in ESSEX , in 530 . V. First division of the Angles , in the kingdom of EAST ANGLIA ( Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridgeshire , and parts of ...
... second body of Saxons , under Cerdic and Cynric , in WESSEX , in 495 . IV . The third body of Saxons in ESSEX , in 530 . V. First division of the Angles , in the kingdom of EAST ANGLIA ( Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridgeshire , and parts of ...
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adjectives adverb Ayenbite become Cambridge century we find Chaucer cloth cognate College compounds connecting vowel consonants Crown 8vo dative declension demonstrative ELEMENTARY ending Extra fcap fcap feminine fourteenth century FOURTH PERIOD French gender genitive Goth Gothic Grammar Greek HISTORY indefinite infinitive inflections inflexion language later forms Latin masc masculine Midland modern English NEUT neuter Northern dialect nouns numerous O.E. we find O.Fr O.H.Ger occurs Old English older oldest English originally Ormulum participle passive participle Past Indicative past tense PERF period we find plural preposition PRES Professor Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester root Sansk Sanskrit Schools Second Edition SECOND PERIOD Shakespeare silf Sing singular sometimes Southern Spenser stem strong verbs Subjunctive substantives suffix syllable Teutonic THIRD PERIOD thirteenth and fourteenth thirteenth century thou TREATISE twelfth vowel weak verbs West Midland writers þæt þat
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