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... books of the Brahman religion , is more ancient than the common or classical Sanskrit . Even the latter had ceased to be the language of common life as early as the third century before Christ . It was succeeded by the Prakrit dialects ...
... books of the Brahman religion , is more ancient than the common or classical Sanskrit . Even the latter had ceased to be the language of common life as early as the third century before Christ . It was succeeded by the Prakrit dialects ...
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... books which issued from the celebrated Caxton press ( 1470 to 1490 ) was the Morte d'Arthur , by Sir Thomas Malory , a prose compendium of the poetical legends concerning King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table . The translation ...
... books which issued from the celebrated Caxton press ( 1470 to 1490 ) was the Morte d'Arthur , by Sir Thomas Malory , a prose compendium of the poetical legends concerning King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table . The translation ...
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... book of Paradise Lost , four fifths of all the words are Saxon . The explanation of these appearances lies in two facts : 1. The words which belong more to the grammar than to the lexicon - which express not so much conceptions of the ...
... book of Paradise Lost , four fifths of all the words are Saxon . The explanation of these appearances lies in two facts : 1. The words which belong more to the grammar than to the lexicon - which express not so much conceptions of the ...
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... book , broc , breeches , gós , goose , cú , cow , lús , louse , mús , mouse , burh ( gen . burge , also byrg , byrig ) , town , fort , turf , turf , make in the dat . sing . and nom . acc . plur . fèt , têdh , men , bêc , brêc , gés ...
... book , broc , breeches , gós , goose , cú , cow , lús , louse , mús , mouse , burh ( gen . burge , also byrg , byrig ) , town , fort , turf , turf , make in the dat . sing . and nom . acc . plur . fèt , têdh , men , bêc , brêc , gés ...
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... book , makes boc in dat . acc . sing . and nom . acc . pl .; but bæc also occurs in nom . acc . pl .: B. has boke in dat . sing . , and bokes in nom . acc . pl . Burh , town , castle , makes gen . dat . acc . sing . burh or burye ...
... book , makes boc in dat . acc . sing . and nom . acc . pl .; but bæc also occurs in nom . acc . pl .: B. has boke in dat . sing . , and bokes in nom . acc . pl . Burh , town , castle , makes gen . dat . acc . sing . burh or burye ...
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4th Edition äfter Anglo-Saxon belong blindan Book C. S. Calverley century Chaucer consonant Crown 8vo dative declension declined dede Demy 8vo dialect Dictionary Elementary Treatise ending England ENGLISH LANGUAGE F. A. Paley Fcap forms French words genitive Geometry George Bell gode goden goden Gothic Grammar Greek helpen High German hulpe hwät idioms Indo-European inflected inflexion J. W. Donaldson Jhesus king kingen Latin Layamon lond M.A. 3rd Edition M.A. Fcap Masc modern English neut Norman number of words Ormulum participle pass passive participle peculiar perf perfect Piers Ploughman Plur plural Post 8vo preposition pres primary inflexion pronoun Prose R. C. Jebb root Saxon secondary inflexion Semi-Saxon seó sing sometimes spoken Subj syllable Teutonic languages thâ tham thät thatt thiss thou Translation verbs of primary verbs of secondary Verse vowel W. H. Besant wäs writers
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