A Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: A Grammar After Erasmus Rask ; Extracts in Prose and Verse with Notes, Etc. for the Use of Learners and an Appendix |
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... English & c . have taken the place of the Scandinavian * references as fitter for the English learner . A view , however narrow and imperfect , of languages more or less nearly akin , can hardly fail , it is hoped , to awaken in the ...
... English & c . have taken the place of the Scandinavian * references as fitter for the English learner . A view , however narrow and imperfect , of languages more or less nearly akin , can hardly fail , it is hoped , to awaken in the ...
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... English , to our own time . The Appendix contains lists of words likely to be con- founded by learners , together with a number of addi- tional notes . For the length to which the latter have run some apology may be needed , but it ...
... English , to our own time . The Appendix contains lists of words likely to be con- founded by learners , together with a number of addi- tional notes . For the length to which the latter have run some apology may be needed , but it ...
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... English in general P. provincial . S. Scottish , the ancient English dialect of the Lowlands of Scotland , and part of the north of England . Numbers , applied to a noun , denote the declension and class ; to a verb , the conjugation ...
... English in general P. provincial . S. Scottish , the ancient English dialect of the Lowlands of Scotland , and part of the north of England . Numbers , applied to a noun , denote the declension and class ; to a verb , the conjugation ...
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... English a long or double vowel , and in German a long or double vowel , or diphthong , commonly answers to an A. S. long or accented vowel , while short vowels in general correspond in like manner . The accent serves at the same time ...
... English a long or double vowel , and in German a long or double vowel , or diphthong , commonly answers to an A. S. long or accented vowel , while short vowels in general correspond in like manner . The accent serves at the same time ...
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... English , with the following exceptions : - c is always hard like k ; cw stands for qu , which was however used in later times . f between two vowels , or at the end of a syllable , sounds like v . g is never soft ; when placed however ...
... English , with the following exceptions : - c is always hard like k ; cw stands for qu , which was however used in later times . f between two vowels , or at the end of a syllable , sounds like v . g is never soft ; when placed however ...
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6d ib accus accusative adjectives an-weald Apollonius be-foran beó beón bútan býð Class cloth Comp complex conjugated cuman cunnan cwadon cwæd cynge dative Declension dóhtor eác ealle edited by J. O. English eów fæder feminine forms fultume gán genitive German Goth hæbbe hence heó heora híg hine hwæt Hwý hyre imperf imperfect J. O. HALLIWELL J. P. COLLIER mæg masc miht næs nán neut neuter nouns ofer pære pæs pæt pám participles past Percy Soc plur plural pone ponne post 8vo prefix preposition pres pronoun purh ríce Scyld se-pe secge seó síde sing singular small 4to sód-líce sometimes swá sylf Third pers thou treów twá úre verbs vowel Vulg wæs weard words wudu wuht þá þære þæs þæt þæt híg þám þing þú þý
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