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... : semian , I believe , is always neuter . In Caedmon 4 . 4 Wan , in the sense of dismal , was long known to our poetry : Min is the drenching in the sea so wan . — Chaucer , Knightes Tale . Sweart synnihte , side and wide , Wonne węgas . 2.
... : semian , I believe , is always neuter . In Caedmon 4 . 4 Wan , in the sense of dismal , was long known to our poetry : Min is the drenching in the sea so wan . — Chaucer , Knightes Tale . Sweart synnihte , side and wide , Wonne węgas . 2.
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Sweart synnihte , side and wide , Wonne węgas . Tha was wuldor - torht , Heofon - weardes gast ofer hólm boren , Miclum spedum . Metod engla heht , ( Lifes brytta ) leoht forth cuman Ofer rumne grund . gefylled Heah - cininges has halig ...
Sweart synnihte , side and wide , Wonne węgas . Tha was wuldor - torht , Heofon - weardes gast ofer hólm boren , Miclum spedum . Metod engla heht , ( Lifes brytta ) leoht forth cuman Ofer rumne grund . gefylled Heah - cininges has halig ...
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... side the Humber who could understand their service in English , or declare forth an epistle out of Latin into English ; and I think that there were not many beyond the Humber . So few such there were , that I cannot think of a single ...
... side the Humber who could understand their service in English , or declare forth an epistle out of Latin into English ; and I think that there were not many beyond the Humber . So few such there were , that I cannot think of a single ...
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... side . [ soon 1 This is clearly a mistake for here . 9. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER . ( Manual , p . 33. ) Thuse come lo ! Engelond into | Thus came lo ! England into Nor- Normannes honde , Vor bote a man couthe French me For but a man know ...
... side . [ soon 1 This is clearly a mistake for here . 9. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER . ( Manual , p . 33. ) Thuse come lo ! Engelond into | Thus came lo ! England into Nor- Normannes honde , Vor bote a man couthe French me For but a man know ...
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... side . His mouth as widč was as a forneis . He was a jangler , and a goliardeis , " And that was most of sinne , and harlotries . Wel coude he stelen corne , and tollen thries . And yet he had a thomb of gold parde.9 A white cote and a ...
... side . His mouth as widč was as a forneis . He was a jangler , and a goliardeis , " And that was most of sinne , and harlotries . Wel coude he stelen corne , and tollen thries . And yet he had a thomb of gold parde.9 A white cote and a ...
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