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Page vii
... verbs , is that of Loth , the clearest and fullest that has yet been made , contained in his " Etymologische angelsæchsischeng- lische Grammatik . " Brock's valuable analysis of the grammatical forms of the Ancren Riwle , contained in ...
... verbs , is that of Loth , the clearest and fullest that has yet been made , contained in his " Etymologische angelsæchsischeng- lische Grammatik . " Brock's valuable analysis of the grammatical forms of the Ancren Riwle , contained in ...
Page 358
... verb ' to cloute , carreler , rate- celler . I had nede go cloute my shoes , they be broken at the heles . " Way . clowes of gylofre , cloves . M. 243 : 27 . ( Fr. clous de girofle . ) clod , pl . cloões , clothing , clothes , vestments ...
... verb ' to cloute , carreler , rate- celler . I had nede go cloute my shoes , they be broken at the heles . " Way . clowes of gylofre , cloves . M. 243 : 27 . ( Fr. clous de girofle . ) clod , pl . cloões , clothing , clothes , vestments ...
Page 447
... verb smytt , strikes ; rushes . 238 : 17 . it smytt unto londe , it strikes into the earth . ysmoped , smoothed . A. I. snewed . C. 347 . snewed is usually explained as a metaphor from snowing ; but the O. E. snewe , like the Prov . Eng ...
... verb smytt , strikes ; rushes . 238 : 17 . it smytt unto londe , it strikes into the earth . ysmoped , smoothed . A. I. snewed . C. 347 . snewed is usually explained as a metaphor from snowing ; but the O. E. snewe , like the Prov . Eng ...
Page 496
... verb to frame , as meaning in Norfolk to shape the demeanour to an occasion of ceremony . In N. Britain it has the signification of succeed- ing , and is derived by Jamieson from A. S. fremian , valere , prodesse . In the Craven dia ...
... verb to frame , as meaning in Norfolk to shape the demeanour to an occasion of ceremony . In N. Britain it has the signification of succeed- ing , and is derived by Jamieson from A. S. fremian , valere , prodesse . In the Craven dia ...
Page 538
... verbs , which always end in -en , take , in the indefinite declension -u , in the nom . sing . fem . , and in the nom , and acc . pl . neuter . But they often appear in the nom . sing . fem . without the -u , and in the nom . and acc ...
... verbs , which always end in -en , take , in the indefinite declension -u , in the nom . sing . fem . , and in the nom , and acc . pl . neuter . But they often appear in the nom . sing . fem . without the -u , and in the nom . and acc ...
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