A Hand-book of Anglo-Saxon Derivatives: On the Basis of the Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Root-words. In Three Parts. First Part. Materials of Anglo-Saxon Derivatives. Second Part. Studies in Anglo-Saxon Derivatives. Third Part. The Beginning of Words ... |
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Anglo-Saxon derivatives ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE Anglo-Saxon words animal BEGINNING OF WORDS bird body breathing child cloth color consonant cover dawn derivative words diphthong draw early Saxons earth English language EXERCISE II fasten female firm fish flowing gather Give an instance Give instances grain grass Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon hands head heavens hood household iness INSTRUCTION instrument kind land less lessly letters lifted light lips lives male materials of Anglo-Saxon mind move NAMES OF ACTIONS NAMES OF QUALITIES NAMES OF THINGS ness EXERCISE ness EXERCISE III old Saxon organ of speech orthography plant plough prefix Repeat root-word sense sheep ship shoot shrub skin sleep soft soul sound spelling spoken ster strain stretch strike STUDY suffix syllables TERMINATIONS THAT MARK thread thrust TOOLS tree vowel wheel wind wings wood
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