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... fourteenth centuries had become a mere provincial dialect , in fact a corrupt sort of French which would no longer ... century conquered the country , and imposed their name upon the country and language ; 2 ( 3 ) a few Scandinavian words ...
... fourteenth centuries had become a mere provincial dialect , in fact a corrupt sort of French which would no longer ... century conquered the country , and imposed their name upon the country and language ; 2 ( 3 ) a few Scandinavian words ...
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... fourteenth century we find 2 for s as zinge = to sing ; zede = said . ( ii . ) It preferred the palatal ch to the guttural k in many words , as- 2 riche = zech = crouche = Northern rike = kingdom . 99 sek = sack . croke cross . 99 ( iii ...
... fourteenth century we find 2 for s as zinge = to sing ; zede = said . ( ii . ) It preferred the palatal ch to the guttural k in many words , as- 2 riche = zech = crouche = Northern rike = kingdom . 99 sek = sack . croke cross . 99 ( iii ...
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... fourteenth century . The present participle ends usually in -ing ( inge ) . The passive participle of strong verbs ends in -ɛn or -e . The termination -e is an important one . I. It represents an older vowel ending , as nam - e = nam ...
... fourteenth century . The present participle ends usually in -ing ( inge ) . The passive participle of strong verbs ends in -ɛn or -e . The termination -e is an important one . I. It represents an older vowel ending , as nam - e = nam ...
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... fourteenth century , by whom it is applied to men occupying a low position , to menial servants : it is therefore often used as a term of contempt . The term is probably of Teutonic origin , and is cognate with O.Du. boeve , Platt ...
... fourteenth century , by whom it is applied to men occupying a low position , to menial servants : it is therefore often used as a term of contempt . The term is probably of Teutonic origin , and is cognate with O.Du. boeve , Platt ...
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... fourteenth century , and only in Northern writers . It is probably a contraction of laddess . In the following pairs one is a compound : - MAN . See remarks on MAN , p . 83 , § 71 . BRIDEGROOM . See remarks on GROOм , p . 83 , § 71 ...
... fourteenth century , and only in Northern writers . It is probably a contraction of laddess . In the following pairs one is a compound : - MAN . See remarks on MAN , p . 83 , § 71 . BRIDEGROOM . See remarks on GROOм , p . 83 , § 71 ...
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adjectives adverbs Ayenbite become Cambridge century we find Chaucer cloth cognate College compounds connecting vowel consonants contains Crown 8vo dative declension demonstrative Extra fcap fcap feminine fourteenth century FOURTH PERIOD French gender genitive Goth Gothic Grammar Greek infinitive inflections inflexion language later forms Latin masc masculine Midland modern English NEUT neuter Northern dialect nouns numerous O. H. Ger 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 Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester Romance 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 twelfth vowel weak verbs West Midland words writers þæt þat
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