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... volume , especially for the chapters on word- - 1 I do not include Dr. Latham's English Grammars among the works of the numerous grammar - mongers here alluded to . formation and the Appendices I. and II . I have vi PREFACE .
... volume , especially for the chapters on word- - 1 I do not include Dr. Latham's English Grammars among the works of the numerous grammar - mongers here alluded to . formation and the Appendices I. and II . I have vi PREFACE .
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... numerous traces of Scandinavian words- ( 1 ) in the local nomenclature of England ; ( 2 ) in Old English literature of the north of England ; ( 3 ) in the north of England provincial dialects . In modern English they are not so numerous ...
... numerous traces of Scandinavian words- ( 1 ) in the local nomenclature of England ; ( 2 ) in Old English literature of the north of England ; ( 3 ) in the north of England provincial dialects . In modern English they are not so numerous ...
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... numerous as pure English words ; hence some writers , who have only considered the consti- tuent parts of our vocabulary , have come to the conclusion that English is not only a mixed or composite language , but also a Romance language ...
... numerous as pure English words ; hence some writers , who have only considered the consti- tuent parts of our vocabulary , have come to the conclusion that English is not only a mixed or composite language , but also a Romance language ...
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... numerous others formed from adjectives in ful , as merci - ful- ness , use - ful - ness , & c . Dom . Duke - dom , martyr - dom . Hood . False - hood . Rick . Bishop - rick . Ship . Apprentice - ship , sureti - ship . Kin . Nap - kin ...
... numerous others formed from adjectives in ful , as merci - ful- ness , use - ful - ness , & c . Dom . Duke - dom , martyr - dom . Hood . False - hood . Rick . Bishop - rick . Ship . Apprentice - ship , sureti - ship . Kin . Nap - kin ...
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... numerous Scandinavian forms , as- hethen , hence Southern henne thethen , thence = whethen , whence sum fra til thenne " " whennes 99 as fram = from to by minne tun = town lesse = less plogh sul3 99 = plough nefe ( neve ) " " sterne 29 ...
... numerous Scandinavian forms , as- hethen , hence Southern henne thethen , thence = whethen , whence sum fra til thenne " " whennes 99 as fram = from to by minne tun = town lesse = less plogh sul3 99 = plough nefe ( neve ) " " sterne 29 ...
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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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