An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 - English language |
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Page 138
... IDEM . TO BOX THE COMPASS . To know its points by heart is simply as to shut up , and so lay aside the compass from being able to do without looking at it . To box is to shut up , enclose . CATCHPOLE . Guit's polle ; q . e . thief's ...
... IDEM . TO BOX THE COMPASS . To know its points by heart is simply as to shut up , and so lay aside the compass from being able to do without looking at it . To box is to shut up , enclose . CATCHPOLE . Guit's polle ; q . e . thief's ...
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... † , which that I rede you here , It is the Romaunt of the Rose In whiche all the arte of love I close . * Premise , say , repeat , call . IDEM . + Be called . CLAPPERCLAW . Scolding , making a noise at , utterance 148 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
... † , which that I rede you here , It is the Romaunt of the Rose In whiche all the arte of love I close . * Premise , say , repeat , call . IDEM . + Be called . CLAPPERCLAW . Scolding , making a noise at , utterance 148 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
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... IDEM . JUNKETTING ABOUT . Always on the alert to attend a feast wherever it is given . J'aen ket in er boud ; q . e . always forward where the produce of the kitchen is to be * Possessions , fortune . riches . + Alive . Body ; here in ...
... IDEM . JUNKETTING ABOUT . Always on the alert to attend a feast wherever it is given . J'aen ket in er boud ; q . e . always forward where the produce of the kitchen is to be * Possessions , fortune . riches . + Alive . Body ; here in ...
Page 158
... IDEM . And al suche false shal foule befall . " - CHAUCER . ' And up he gaf a roring and a crie , As Mothir when the child shal die ; Out , help , alas ! harrow he gan to crie . O stronge lady HORE , what doist thou ? And she answerid ...
... IDEM . And al suche false shal foule befall . " - CHAUCER . ' And up he gaf a roring and a crie , As Mothir when the child shal die ; Out , help , alas ! harrow he gan to crie . O stronge lady HORE , what doist thou ? And she answerid ...
Page 162
... IDEM . * I take both these words to be grounded in a metathe- sis of weyren , weeren , weren [ to protect , to shelter , to cover up ] and thus to wryen ; and to be in the first case as " I dare not shelter [ cover ] myself by getting ...
... IDEM . * I take both these words to be grounded in a metathe- sis of weyren , weeren , weren [ to protect , to shelter , to cover up ] and thus to wryen ; and to be in the first case as " I dare not shelter [ cover ] myself by getting ...
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Common terms and phrases
Anglo-Saxon appearance ARCHEOLOGY Bede belong chance CHAUCER contraction cunning daer distress drunk Dutch ellipsis evidently evil explained expression fool foul French friar Gauw grete grounded Grouw guit hach haest head heel Heer heet Heeten hell hence hiet Hoeve houde Huif IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian Jack Jack Ketch JOHNSON knah labour language Latin literally look Lord maer means mede meé mind monk mood nature never noise once original form original phrase pain paragogical participle present Pasquinade person in question potential mood præterite priest pronounced quoth regard rogue rouw schie seer sense shews sounds stick subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive suspect t'el term thema ther thing thou tion travesty turn Tuyf utter verb Voer voeren whence wijse word
Popular passages
Page 278 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king!
Page 270 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page 264 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 277 - Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haycock Fast asleep.
Page 253 - Hey, my kitten, hey, my kitten, And hey, my kitten, my deary ! Such a sweet pet as this Was neither far nor neary. Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, down, And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Page 274 - There was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink; Victuals and drink were the whole of her diet, And yet this old woman would never be quiet.
Page 251 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
Page 146 - The sun and day shall sooner part, Than love or you shake off my heart ; The sun, that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Page 283 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Page 271 - GIRLS and boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street. Come with a whoop, come with a call, Come with a good will or not at all.