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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... participle past of behooren , to be due , to become , to belong to , to appertain to , and sounds burd ; and so we pronounce bird . Wan , wrong , bad , vain , useless [ evidently of the same root as vanus , and our own terms want and ...
... participle past of behooren , to be due , to become , to belong to , to appertain to , and sounds burd ; and so we pronounce bird . Wan , wrong , bad , vain , useless [ evidently of the same root as vanus , and our own terms want and ...
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... , brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] , faint , and fen , all out of the verb fynigean , to corrupt , spoil , pass away , turn mouldy [ sour ] , and says , that faint is as the past participle 6 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
... , brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] , faint , and fen , all out of the verb fynigean , to corrupt , spoil , pass away , turn mouldy [ sour ] , and says , that faint is as the past participle 6 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
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John Bellenden Ker. and says , that faint is as the past participle of that verb ; a derivation which might suit vinegar , as spoilt wine or beer ; but the fainting lady is neither the mouldying or souring lady ; but the lady whose vital ...
John Bellenden Ker. and says , that faint is as the past participle of that verb ; a derivation which might suit vinegar , as spoilt wine or beer ; but the fainting lady is neither the mouldying or souring lady ; but the lady whose vital ...
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... past participle bom beast , sound - stuffed , [ q . e . empty . ] " He , as loving his own pride and purpose , Evades them with a воMBAST circumstance , Horribly stuffed with epithets of war . " SHAKSPEARE . " Doune to a marris faste by ...
... past participle bom beast , sound - stuffed , [ q . e . empty . ] " He , as loving his own pride and purpose , Evades them with a воMBAST circumstance , Horribly stuffed with epithets of war . " SHAKSPEARE . " Doune to a marris faste by ...
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... participle past of putten , to exhaust , whence the French puit ( a well ) as that which is drawn out of or made by being drawn from , and puiser , épuiser , to exhaust , as well as our pit , and the Latin puteus , and the Italian pozzo ...
... participle past of putten , to exhaust , whence the French puit ( a well ) as that which is drawn out of or made by being drawn from , and puiser , épuiser , to exhaust , as well as our pit , and the Latin puteus , and the Italian pozzo ...
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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