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... SAXON , §§ 14-23 . THE ANGLO - SAXON AS A LITERARY LANGUAGE , §§ 24-26 INFLUENCE OF OTHER LANGUAGES ON THE ANGLO - SAXON , §§ 27-30 TRANSITION FROM ANGLO - SAXON TO MODERN ENGLISH , §§ 31-39 . THE ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE , $$ 40-44 ...
... SAXON , §§ 14-23 . THE ANGLO - SAXON AS A LITERARY LANGUAGE , §§ 24-26 INFLUENCE OF OTHER LANGUAGES ON THE ANGLO - SAXON , §§ 27-30 TRANSITION FROM ANGLO - SAXON TO MODERN ENGLISH , §§ 31-39 . THE ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE , $$ 40-44 ...
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... Saxon , Teutonic , Indo - European . The English language is the descendant and repre- sentative of the Anglo - Saxon . It has lost very much of the inflexion , and very many of the words , which belonged to the parent language ; and ...
... Saxon , Teutonic , Indo - European . The English language is the descendant and repre- sentative of the Anglo - Saxon . It has lost very much of the inflexion , and very many of the words , which belonged to the parent language ; and ...
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... Saxon ( sometimes called simply Saxon ) , which in the fifth and sixth centuries was trans- planted from North - eastern Germany to Britain , and has had its subsequent development and history in that island . ( c . ) The Old Saxon ...
... Saxon ( sometimes called simply Saxon ) , which in the fifth and sixth centuries was trans- planted from North - eastern Germany to Britain , and has had its subsequent development and history in that island . ( c . ) The Old Saxon ...
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... SAXON . §14 . Progression of Mutes . In examining the sounds of the Teutonic languages , we find that the primitive Indo - European mutes have undergone a remarkable series of changes . Thus , the rough mutes of the primitive language ...
... SAXON . §14 . Progression of Mutes . In examining the sounds of the Teutonic languages , we find that the primitive Indo - European mutes have undergone a remarkable series of changes . Thus , the rough mutes of the primitive language ...
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... Saxon have lost them in the English . Different from these variations of vowel is that attenuation , or change from a more open vowel - sound to a closer , which we see in man , men , foot , feet , mouse , mice . This change , which is ...
... Saxon have lost them in the English . Different from these variations of vowel is that attenuation , or change from a more open vowel - sound to a closer , which we see in man , men , foot , feet , mouse , mice . This change , which is ...
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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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