Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Volume 1 |
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... hand , the mere organic differences of dialect , as well as the differences of orthography in words as found in different medieval manuscripts and early printed books , have been inserted sparingly , as belonging rather to a Comparative ...
... hand , the mere organic differences of dialect , as well as the differences of orthography in words as found in different medieval manuscripts and early printed books , have been inserted sparingly , as belonging rather to a Comparative ...
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... hands , and I have added to this numerous collections of my own , especially from the dramatic and popular writers of the latter half of the seventeenth century , and of the earlier part of the eighteenth . I have also profited by lists ...
... hands , and I have added to this numerous collections of my own , especially from the dramatic and popular writers of the latter half of the seventeenth century , and of the earlier part of the eighteenth . I have also profited by lists ...
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... in Urry , a passage from Chau- cer's Cant . T. is printed- There durst no wight hand on him ledge , But he ne swore be shold abedge . ABEISAUNCE , S. ( 4.-N. ) Obedience ABELDE , V. ( A.-S. ) To become bold . ABB ABE.
... in Urry , a passage from Chau- cer's Cant . T. is printed- There durst no wight hand on him ledge , But he ne swore be shold abedge . ABEISAUNCE , S. ( 4.-N. ) Obedience ABELDE , V. ( A.-S. ) To become bold . ABB ABE.
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... of very common Occurrence in early MSS . , and in a great variety of forms of orthography . Here he had the destenee That the povre man xulde abé . Reliq . Antiq . , i , 63 . Ther durste no wight hand upon him legge , | ABE ABI.
... of very common Occurrence in early MSS . , and in a great variety of forms of orthography . Here he had the destenee That the povre man xulde abé . Reliq . Antiq . , i , 63 . Ther durste no wight hand upon him legge , | ABE ABI.
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... hand upon him legge , | That he ne swor anon he schuld abegge . Chaucer , C. T. 3935 . Therefore I rede , keepe the at home ; For thou shalt abeye for that is done . Hartshorne , Met . T. 225 . Ther start in Sander Sydebreche , And ...
... hand upon him legge , | That he ne swor anon he schuld abegge . Chaucer , C. T. 3935 . Therefore I rede , keepe the at home ; For thou shalt abeye for that is done . Hartshorne , Met . T. 225 . Ther start in Sander Sydebreche , And ...
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