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... Homilies of the Twelfth Century , edited by Dr. Morris , are in themselves a mine of wealth to the Philologer . One of my best aids has been Dr. Strat- mann's Dictionary of the Old English Language . This includes all words used between ...
... Homilies of the Twelfth Century , edited by Dr. Morris , are in themselves a mine of wealth to the Philologer . One of my best aids has been Dr. Strat- mann's Dictionary of the Old English Language . This includes all words used between ...
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... Homilies O and ch replace a and c New Relatives - The letter g Lines on the Grave 1160. The Peterborough Chronicle Southern corruptions appear K , qu , and gh are found 1160. Specimen of East Midland Dialect 1160. Specimen of Southern ...
... Homilies O and ch replace a and c New Relatives - The letter g Lines on the Grave 1160. The Peterborough Chronicle Southern corruptions appear K , qu , and gh are found 1160. Specimen of East Midland Dialect 1160. Specimen of Southern ...
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... homilies , prayers , treatises on science and grammar , codes of law , wills , charters , chro- nicles set down year by year , tales , and dialogues - all these ( would that we took more interest in them ! ) are our rich inheritance ...
... homilies , prayers , treatises on science and grammar , codes of law , wills , charters , chro- nicles set down year by year , tales , and dialogues - all these ( would that we took more interest in them ! ) are our rich inheritance ...
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... Homilies , edited by Dr. Morris ( Early English Text Society ) , p . 217. These go to p . 245. The passage I give above is an original one of the transcriber's , written long after Ælfric's time , This Southern English , as anyone may ...
... Homilies , edited by Dr. Morris ( Early English Text Society ) , p . 217. These go to p . 245. The passage I give above is an original one of the transcriber's , written long after Ælfric's time , This Southern English , as anyone may ...
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... homilies in the English of his day , and these were popular in our land long after his death . A clean sweep , it is true , was made of a Latin sentence of his , wherein he upholds the old Teutonic idea of the Eucharist , and overturns ...
... homilies in the English of his day , and these were popular in our land long after his death . A clean sweep , it is true , was made of a Latin sentence of his , wherein he upholds the old Teutonic idea of the Eucharist , and overturns ...
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adjective adverbs akin Ancren Riwle Anglian become Bible called Camden Society charyte Chaucer clipped comes compiled compound corruption Crist Danelagh Danish diction Dutch Early English Text EAST MIDLAND EAST MIDLAND DIALECT employed ending England English Text Society French words German gode Greek Handlyng Synne Harrowing of Hell Havelok hevene himm Homilies hundred Icelandic idiom King later Latin Layamon letter Lincolnshire London Lord North Northern nouns obsolete Old English old words Ormulum Orrmin Participle patt Peterborough Chronicle phrase Plural poem prefix preposition prose Psalter replaces the old rimes Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester Sanscrit seen sense shires sone sound South Southern specimen speech Standard English substantive Teutonic words Thirteenth Century thou tongue translated turned tyme Tyndale verb wass Wickliffe wipp write written Yorkshire þat
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