A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language: Containing the Accentuation - the Grammatical Inflections - the Irregular Words Referred to Their Themes - the Parallel Terms, from the Other Gothic Languages - the Meaning of the Anglo-Saxon in English and Latin - and Copious English and Latin Indexes, Serving as a Dictionary of English and Anglo-Saxon, as Well as of Latin and Anglo-Saxon, Volume 1 |
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æfter Alemannic Anglo-Saxon beon bið burh C. R. Lk Cædmon Card Cnut comp dæg Danish Deut dialect Dutch ealle Eccl ejus English eorðan Exon fæder Friesians Friesic gemet German Godes Gothic Goths hence heora Herb hine Hwæt Icel Icelandic Jdth king læs land language Latin mæg Mann Menol micel mihte Moes nouns ofer pæt Past Plat pref resp riht Saxon sceat Scint signifies sive Somn spræc Swed thou tion translation v. a. Plat verb vowel wæs wið word þære þæs þæt þam þat þing
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Page 3 - I doubt not, but if we could trace them to their sources, we should find, in all languages, the names, which stand for things that fall not under our senses, to have had their first rise from sensible ideas.
Page 12 - neath the sweetest smile, Oft lurk self-interest, hate, and guile ; Or, that some gay and playful joke Is Spite's dark sheath, or Envy's cloak. Then love not each who offers thee, In seeming truth, his amity ; But first take heed, and weigh with care, Ere he thy love and favour share ; For those who friends too lightly choose, Soon friends and all besides may lose.
Page 5 - Frevels halber des Hofs sich enthielt. So scheuet das böse Gewissen Licht und Tag; es scheute der Fuchs die versammelten Herren. Alle hatten zu klagen ; er hatte sie alle beleidigt, und nur Grimbart, den Dachs, den Sohn des Bruders, verschont