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... tribes . It affected the spoken far more than the written language , for from the ninth to the twelfth century English literature furnishes but II . ] 7 KELTIC WORDS IN ENGLISH . Foreign Elements in English The Keltic Element in English.
... tribes . It affected the spoken far more than the written language , for from the ninth to the twelfth century English literature furnishes but II . ] 7 KELTIC WORDS IN ENGLISH . Foreign Elements in English The Keltic Element in English.
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... written language , especially in Northumberland , Durham , Yorkshire , Lancashire , Cumberland , Lincoln , and Norfolk , where many Danish words are still to be found . In the eleventh and twelfth centuries only a few Scandinavian words ...
... written language , especially in Northumberland , Durham , Yorkshire , Lancashire , Cumberland , Lincoln , and Norfolk , where many Danish words are still to be found . In the eleventh and twelfth centuries only a few Scandinavian words ...
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... after- wards into the written language . After the distinction between Normans and English died out , Norman - French degenerated into a mere provincial dialect and at last ceased to be spoken in 12 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap .
... after- wards into the written language . After the distinction between Normans and English died out , Norman - French degenerated into a mere provincial dialect and at last ceased to be spoken in 12 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap .
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... written language at first sparingly . In the Saxon Chronicle from 1086 to 1154 , we find less than twenty Norman - French words : —court , dub ( 1086 ) , peace ( 1135 ) , treasure , prison , justice , rent , privilege , miracle ( 1137 ) ...
... written language at first sparingly . In the Saxon Chronicle from 1086 to 1154 , we find less than twenty Norman - French words : —court , dub ( 1086 ) , peace ( 1135 ) , treasure , prison , justice , rent , privilege , miracle ( 1137 ) ...
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... written language of his day , by fresh im- portation of Romance words . In his translations he doubtless was compelled to employ many new terms for ideas and things , as yet unfamiliar to his country- men ; but his vocabulary is not ...
... written language of his day , by fresh im- portation of Romance words . In his translations he doubtless was compelled to employ many new terms for ideas and things , as yet unfamiliar to his country- men ; but his vocabulary is not ...
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adjectives adverbs alphabet became become blind-e called century we find CHAPTER Chaucer cloth College compounds conjugation consonant contains Crown 8vo Cursor Cursor Mundi dative declension derivatives dialects elements ending Extra fcap fcap feminine Flat fourteenth century gender genitive Grammar Greek Grimm's law Husbondrie INDICATIVE MOOD inflexions intransitive verbs language late Latin letters M.E. we find Masc masculine Modern English modern French Neut neuter Norman Norman Conquest Norman-French nouns numerous O.E. Plays occurs Old English older oldest English originally participle passive participle PAST PASS past tense period person Piers Plowman Plur plural prefix prepositions Pres Professor replaced Romance root Schools scip-e Second Edition Shakespeare Sharp Sing singular sixteenth century sometimes sounds Spenser ster strong verbs subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantives suffix syllable Teutonic thirteenth century thou Trevisa verbal vowel vowel change weak verbs Wicliffe words
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