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... rime in the English , and not in the Greek , way . But I may mention that they have in general struck out z in favour of s ; thus they have printed civilise instead of the civilize I wrote . Had they made alterations in a Teutonic word ...
... rime in the English , and not in the Greek , way . But I may mention that they have in general struck out z in favour of s ; thus they have printed civilise instead of the civilize I wrote . Had they made alterations in a Teutonic word ...
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... Rimes - The Sound au V and w replace ƒ and g Sh replaces sc • Change in Nouns and Verbs Change in Meaning of Words 1170. The Moral Ode - The Worcester Manuscript . Ou replaces o - The new besiden The Hatton Gospels 1180. The Essex ...
... Rimes - The Sound au V and w replace ƒ and g Sh replaces sc • Change in Nouns and Verbs Change in Meaning of Words 1170. The Moral Ode - The Worcester Manuscript . Ou replaces o - The new besiden The Hatton Gospels 1180. The Essex ...
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... rimes 295 1536. Plumpton's letter home 296 • English Poetry becomes more Teutonic 297 1524. Abbot Malvern's verses 298 Theology , the Classics , Travels 1550. Cranmer's Prayer Book Latin and Teutonic in our Bible 299 300 301 A.D. 1583 ...
... rimes 295 1536. Plumpton's letter home 296 • English Poetry becomes more Teutonic 297 1524. Abbot Malvern's verses 298 Theology , the Classics , Travels 1550. Cranmer's Prayer Book Latin and Teutonic in our Bible 299 300 301 A.D. 1583 ...
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... one blockhead's attempt : it began with grando ! Thanks to our slovenly fore- fathers , English is now the punster's Paradise ; Hood knew this well . D been to copy French rimes . This art was Alliterative English in its Earliest Shape .
... one blockhead's attempt : it began with grando ! Thanks to our slovenly fore- fathers , English is now the punster's Paradise ; Hood knew this well . D been to copy French rimes . This art was Alliterative English in its Earliest Shape .
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Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant. been to copy French rimes . This art was Alliterative poetry , as seen in Cadmon's lines on the Deluge : - For mid Fearme Fære ne moston Wæg liðendum Wætres brogan Hæste Hrinon ac hie Halig god Ferede ...
Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant. been to copy French rimes . This art was Alliterative poetry , as seen in Cadmon's lines on the Deluge : - For mid Fearme Fære ne moston Wæg liðendum Wætres brogan Hæste Hrinon ac hie Halig god Ferede ...
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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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