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... oldest monument of Teutonic literature extant . The old Saxon is also a dead language ; it was once spoken between the Rhine and the Elbe in Munster , Essen , and Cleves . 10. TABLE OF TEUTONIC LANGUAGES . I. Low - German II ...
... oldest monument of Teutonic literature extant . The old Saxon is also a dead language ; it was once spoken between the Rhine and the Elbe in Munster , Essen , and Cleves . 10. TABLE OF TEUTONIC LANGUAGES . I. Low - German II ...
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... oldest geographical names are of course Keltic , especially names of rivers and of mountains ; as , Avon , Ouse , Esk , Exe , Usk , Thames , Derwent , Dee , & c . , Pen - y - Gent , Helvellyn , & c . , Aberdeen , Kent , Dover , & c . 11 ...
... oldest geographical names are of course Keltic , especially names of rivers and of mountains ; as , Avon , Ouse , Esk , Exe , Usk , Thames , Derwent , Dee , & c . , Pen - y - Gent , Helvellyn , & c . , Aberdeen , Kent , Dover , & c . 11 ...
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... as in Ports - mouth , was known to the oldest English . Cp . O.E. port - gerefa , a port - reeve . 2. LATIN OF THE SECOND PERIOD : St. Augustine's Mission 10 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap . The Latin Element in English The Verb.
... as in Ports - mouth , was known to the oldest English . Cp . O.E. port - gerefa , a port - reeve . 2. LATIN OF THE SECOND PERIOD : St. Augustine's Mission 10 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap . The Latin Element in English The Verb.
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... oldest alphabets , a letter does not represent an indivisible sound ( consonant or vowel ) , but a syllable ( consonant and vowel ) . After a time the consonants were looked upon as the most important part , and consequently they alone ...
... oldest alphabets , a letter does not represent an indivisible sound ( consonant or vowel ) , but a syllable ( consonant and vowel ) . After a time the consonants were looked upon as the most important part , and consequently they alone ...
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... oldest are e = a + i ( fête ) , o = a + u ( note ) . All the varieties of vowel sounds , See Whitney , " Language and the study of Language , " p . 465 ( 1867 ) . ( and they may be almost infinite ) are modifications 36 HISTORICAL ...
... oldest are e = a + i ( fête ) , o = a + u ( note ) . All the varieties of vowel sounds , See Whitney , " Language and the study of Language , " p . 465 ( 1867 ) . ( and they may be almost infinite ) are modifications 36 HISTORICAL ...
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