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Page 72
... Shakespeare has nuncle , naunt . *** It has sometimes crept into the body of a word , as- nightingale = O.E. nihtegale . = - messenger O.E. messager ( O. Fr. messagier ) . passenger O.E. passager ( O. Fr. passagier ) . popinjay O.E. ...
... Shakespeare has nuncle , naunt . *** It has sometimes crept into the body of a word , as- nightingale = O.E. nihtegale . = - messenger O.E. messager ( O. Fr. messagier ) . passenger O.E. passager ( O. Fr. passagier ) . popinjay O.E. ...
Page 75
... Shakespeare and Milton retain many words accented upon the final syllable which are now accented according to the Teutonic method . as aspect , converse , accéss , & c . As early as Chaucer's time an attempt was made to bring the words ...
... Shakespeare and Milton retain many words accented upon the final syllable which are now accented according to the Teutonic method . as aspect , converse , accéss , & c . As early as Chaucer's time an attempt was made to bring the words ...
Page 86
... SHAKESPEARE . In O.E. ( fourteenth century ) bryd ( brud ) , by metathesis , often becomes burd ( bird ) , and is employed in the sense of maiden : hence burnes and burdes = young men and maidens . HUSBAND . WIFE . Husband is not the ...
... SHAKESPEARE . In O.E. ( fourteenth century ) bryd ( brud ) , by metathesis , often becomes burd ( bird ) , and is employed in the sense of maiden : hence burnes and burdes = young men and maidens . HUSBAND . WIFE . Husband is not the ...
Page 87
... Shakespeare talks of rats and mice , and such small deer . ' STAG . HIND . Stag Icel . steggr , which was applied to the males of many species . In the English provincial dialects stag or steg a gander or a cock . Bailey has stagg - ard ...
... Shakespeare talks of rats and mice , and such small deer . ' STAG . HIND . Stag Icel . steggr , which was applied to the males of many species . In the English provincial dialects stag or steg a gander or a cock . Bailey has stagg - ard ...
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... and spinstress as feminines . Ben Jonson uses seamster and songster to express the feminine : while Shakespeare uses spinster sometimes as = spinner . ( 2 ) Romance -ine . ( 3 ) Romance 90 [ CHAP . ENGLISH ACCIDENCE .
... and spinstress as feminines . Ben Jonson uses seamster and songster to express the feminine : while Shakespeare uses spinster sometimes as = spinner . ( 2 ) Romance -ine . ( 3 ) Romance 90 [ CHAP . ENGLISH ACCIDENCE .
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