| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1851 - 172 pages
...language ; so too the main products of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, here, ie barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...it is not a little characteristic to observe, and Walter Scott has put the observation into the mouth of the Saxon swineherd in Ivanhoe, that the names... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 248 pages
...language; so too the main products of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie barley; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivcmhoe, plays the philologer here,) that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive,... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1854 - 252 pages
...language ; SO too the main products, of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, here, ie barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Zvankoe, plays the philologer here), that the names of almost THE HISTORY IN WORDS. all animals so... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 252 pages
...language ; BO too the main products, of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...plays the philologer here), that the names of almost THE HISTORY IN WOEDS. all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared... | |
| Richard Tuthill Massy - Celts - 1855 - 280 pages
...language ; so, too, the main products of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie, barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last,...may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivarihoe, plays the philologer here), that the names of almost all animals, so long as they are alive,... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 244 pages
...language ; so too the main products, of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanlioe, plays the philologer here), that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive,... | |
| John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 444 pages
...language : so to the main products of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie barley, and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last it is not a little characteristic to observe that the names of almost all animals, so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1858 - 256 pages
...little characteristic to observe (and it may be remembered that "Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivamhoe^ plays the philologer here), that the names of almost all animals so lor.g as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1859 - 252 pages
...language ; so too the main products, of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, ie barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last...may be remembered that "Wamba, the Saxon jester in fvanhoe, plays the philologcr here), that the names of almost all animals so lor.g as they arc alive,... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1863 - 264 pages
...wheat, rye, oats, bere ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last it is curious to observe, (and it may be remembered that Wamba,...philologer here,)* that the names of almost all animals solong as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when, dressed and prepared for food become Norman —... | |
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