An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1840 - English language |
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... stervd , in the same sense sterfbed is deathbed ; sterflijk , mortal ; sterfte , mortality . + Heathens , pagans . Rubbish , worthless stuff , of no value , mob . bend between the leg and thigh , to do with POPULAR PHRASES . 75.
... stervd , in the same sense sterfbed is deathbed ; sterflijk , mortal ; sterfte , mortality . + Heathens , pagans . Rubbish , worthless stuff , of no value , mob . bend between the leg and thigh , to do with POPULAR PHRASES . 75.
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John Bellenden Ker. bend between the leg and thigh , to do with marrow- bones ? This groundless conception of the meaning has wholly sprung from the expression upon his knees implying submission ; a sense somewhat analogous to that in ...
John Bellenden Ker. bend between the leg and thigh , to do with marrow- bones ? This groundless conception of the meaning has wholly sprung from the expression upon his knees implying submission ; a sense somewhat analogous to that in ...
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... bend [ submit , yield ] to the affront ; he could not let it pass over [ stoop to it ] , he was not inclined to yield [ bow ] to it , to put up with it . Brooken ; q . e . to bend , to incline , to bow , to stoop , and so to give way to ...
... bend [ submit , yield ] to the affront ; he could not let it pass over [ stoop to it ] , he was not inclined to yield [ bow ] to it , to put up with it . Brooken ; q . e . to bend , to incline , to bow , to stoop , and so to give way to ...
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... bend indefinitely , and so to bow or bend round ; whence broke , broocke , breucke , as the participle present . " Full sodainly his herte began to cold , As he that on the coler § fonde within A BROCHE , ¶ that he Creseide yeve at ...
... bend indefinitely , and so to bow or bend round ; whence broke , broocke , breucke , as the participle present . " Full sodainly his herte began to cold , As he that on the coler § fonde within A BROCHE , ¶ that he Creseide yeve at ...
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... bent down ] heart , spirit ; as applied to a horse , one which is bent down [ sunk ] under the work [ task ] done ; and in relation to the knee of a horse , as that which is bowed or preternaturally bent [ pro- jecting ] . We say in an ...
... bent down ] heart , spirit ; as applied to a horse , one which is bent down [ sunk ] under the work [ task ] done ; and in relation to the knee of a horse , as that which is bowed or preternaturally bent [ pro- jecting ] . We say in an ...
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analogous Anglo-Saxon aspirate belongs bend Bije BILDERDIJK bring called CHAUCER chop contracted participle present derives dialect dije dijen direction of sense Doogh Dutch ellipsis etymology evidently explained expression favour fellow female fetch fool formerly spelt French German gode grete grounded groundedly hand head heart heet heeten Hence herte hold hoon HORNE TOOKE horse HUDIBRAS IBID IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian JOHNSON says keye labour language Latin literal form maie meaning mede meê metathesis mind nature never original form pain participle past participle present past participle phrase play potential mood præterite pronounce prosopopoeia question quoth regard Saxon schie semid SHAKSPEARE shrewd sounds Spanish spelt by CHAUCER suspect taele tell term thema ther thing thou TITMOUSE travesty trope turn utter verb watir whence Wijse word wote