An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2, Issue 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 - English language |
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An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes John Bellenden Ker No preview available - 2018 |
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Common terms and phrases
Anglo-Saxon appearance belongs Bije BILDERDIJK bring CHAUCER contraction dijen direction of sense doogh Dutch ellipsis etymology evidently explained expression fellow female fetch fool formerly spelt French Gauw German gode grete grounded guit hand head Heer heet heeten hell Hence herte hiet hold HORNE TOOKE horse HUDIBRAS IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian JOHNSON says labour language Latin literal look means mede meê metathesis mind monk nature never noise original form original phrase pain paragogical participle past participle present past participle person in question play potential mood præterite priest pronounce quoth reference regard rouw Saxon schie SHAKSPEARE shew sounds subjunctive mood substantive suspect t'el tell term thema ther thing third person thou travesty trope turn utter verb Voer Voeren whence Wijse word