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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... mede aen , with that concern [ topic ] , and sounds man . Coventry has causelessly passed for a long course of time , through this accidental accordance of sound in pronunciation , for the penitentiary of this class of social vermin ...
... mede aen , with that concern [ topic ] , and sounds man . Coventry has causelessly passed for a long course of time , through this accidental accordance of sound in pronunciation , for the penitentiary of this class of social vermin ...
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... mede , wherewith , with , by which , at the same time . Inne , as inning , the old form of the participle present of innen , to fur- nish , or bring in profit , gain , revenue , and here used in a substantive sense . Sound y as g , and ...
... mede , wherewith , with , by which , at the same time . Inne , as inning , the old form of the participle present of innen , to fur- nish , or bring in profit , gain , revenue , and here used in a substantive sense . Sound y as g , and ...
Page 81
... mede , mede , met , with . Taend , getaend , as the participle past of taenen , tanen , tenen , teenen , to irritate , to provoke . Heere , as the participle present of heeren , heerien , to domineer , to lord it over , to use an ...
... mede , mede , met , with . Taend , getaend , as the participle past of taenen , tanen , tenen , teenen , to irritate , to provoke . Heere , as the participle present of heeren , heerien , to domineer , to lord it over , to use an ...
Page 86
... mede § , For some folk will be wonnin for rychese , And some for strokes , || and for gentilnesse . " * Combs ; to comb , in Dutch kemmen , kammen . CHAUCER . + By catches , in parts , by passages , by variation of tunes ; as the ...
... mede § , For some folk will be wonnin for rychese , And some for strokes , || and for gentilnesse . " * Combs ; to comb , in Dutch kemmen , kammen . CHAUCER . + By catches , in parts , by passages , by variation of tunes ; as the ...
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... a mixture as this is agreeable to the palate [ appetite ] . The term was once spelt also salmagundin , both by us and by the French in the time of Rabelais . So al mee , thus all together . Meé , mede , together . POPULAR PHRASES . 103.
... a mixture as this is agreeable to the palate [ appetite ] . The term was once spelt also salmagundin , both by us and by the French in the time of Rabelais . So al mee , thus all together . Meé , mede , together . POPULAR PHRASES . 103.
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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