quiver,

reward, guerdon,

ribald,

rifle,

ring, harangue,

range, arrange,

roast,

rob,

robe,

seize,

seneschal,

shallop,

skiff,

slate,

spy (to), target, tire (out),

towel,

tumble, turn,

wage, gage,

wait (await),

war,

ward, guard,

wicket,

wimple,

O.E. cocer, O. H. Ger. kohhar, Ger. köcher,
O.Fr. couire, cuivre.

O. H. Ger. widar-lôn, M.Lat. wider-donum,
O.F. werdon, guerredon.

O.H. Ger. hriba, hrîpa (prostituta), O.Fr.
ribald, a ribald person.

O.N. hrífa, O. Fr. riffer, riffler.

O.H.Ger. hring, ring.

O.E. rôstan, Ger. rösten, O.Fr. rostir."

O. H. Ger. raubôn, O.E. reâfian, O.Fr. rober.
O.H.Ger. roub, O.E. reâf, Fr. robe.

O. H. Ger. bi-sazian, Ger. besetzen, O.Fr. saisir,
seisir.

O. H. Ger. sene-scalh (old servant), O. Fr. senescal, seneschal.

Du. sloep, Fr. chaloupe.

O.E. scip, Ger. schiff, Fr. esquif, whence equip, O. Fr. esquiper.

connected with Eng. slit; O. Fr. esclat, O.E. sklat, slate.

O.H.Ger. sprehôn, O. Fr. espier.

O. H. Ger. targa, O.E. targe, O.Fr. targe.
O.E. teran, Goth. tairan, Ger. herren, O. Fr.
tirer.

O.H.Ger. dwahila, twahila, O.E. þwal, O.Fr.
toialle, touialle.

O.N. tumba (to fall forward), tumbian (to dance),
O. Fr. tumber.

O.N. turnan, O.E. tyrnan, O.H. Ger. turnian,
O.Fr. turner, torner.

O.E. wed, Goth. vadi, O.H. Ger. wetti, M. Lat.
vadium.

O. H. Ger. wahta, Ger. waht, O. Fr. waite, gaite, guaite, watch; O.H.Ger. wahten, O.Fr. gaiter, guiater, to wait.

O.E. wyrre, O.H.Ger.

O. Fr. werre, guerre.

werra (scandalum),

Goth. wardja, O.E. weard, O.H.Ger. wart,
O. Fr. guarde, warde; cp. guardian, war

den.

O.E. wic, O.N. vík, bight, haven, O. Fr. wiket, guischet.

O.H.Ger. wompal, O.Fr. guimple, gimple, quimpe.

O.E. warish, guarish, O.E., O.H.Ger. warian, werien, Ger. wahren, O.Fr. warir, guarir, garir.

O.E. warnish, garnish, O.E. wearnian, O. H. Ger. warnôn, to warn, O.Fr. warnir, guarnir, provide, prepare,

secure.

Some foreign words have simulated, wholly or partly, an English

form :

arblast,

beef-eaters,

causeway,

cray-fish (crawfish),

O.E.arow-blaste, O. Fr.arbaleste, Lat.arcubalista.
Fr. buffetiers.

Fr. chaussé, O.F. cauchie, M. Lat. calceata (via),
Lat. calciata (via).

O.H. Ger. krebiz, Ger. krebs, crab, O. Fr. escra•
visse, Fr. écrevisse, O.E. krevys, crevish.
O.Fr. graile, Lat. craticula.

O.E. pyl-craft, Lat. paragraphus, Fr. paraje = renegate, renegado.

Fr. falbala, Sp. farfala.

O.Fr. lanterne, Lat. lanterna.
O.E. pikois.

O.E. rosemaryne, Lat. rosmarinus.
Lat. asparagus.

Fr. soubresaut, Lat. supra scitus.

dag, day; hirde, shepherd; gæst, guest; sunu, son; wudu, wood.

I These are arranged according to their original stem-endings, in -a, -¿,

dag (orig. stem, daga), gast (orig. stem, gasti), sunu, &c.

Bêc, books, byrig, boroughs, lys, lice, mýs, mice, tyrf, turfs, gês,

geese.

(2) -u stems, masc.:—

Fêt, feet, teo, teeth, men.

This vowel change occurs also in the dative singular and acc. plural.