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... Vowels . It is a thing of familiar occurrence in all the Teutonic languages , that the same root appears with a variety of vowel- sounds , as in sing , sang , sung , song ; bind , bound , band , bond . Similar variations of vowel ...
... Vowels . It is a thing of familiar occurrence in all the Teutonic languages , that the same root appears with a variety of vowel- sounds , as in sing , sang , sung , song ; bind , bound , band , bond . Similar variations of vowel ...
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... 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 unknown to the Gothic , has arisen from the influence of a close vowel ...
... 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 unknown to the Gothic , has arisen from the influence of a close vowel ...
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... Vowel - Declension , and the N - Declension : they are often called strong and weak declensions . The few Anglo - Saxon sub- stantives which do not agree with either of these schemes may be treated as anomalous . But different from both ...
... Vowel - Declension , and the N - Declension : they are often called strong and weak declensions . The few Anglo - Saxon sub- stantives which do not agree with either of these schemes may be treated as anomalous . But different from both ...
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... vowel ( internal inflexion ) , which has been already noticed as a striking peculiarity of the Teutonic . To the second class belong words like kill , killed ; lie , lied ; lay , laid ; lead , led ( for leaded ) ; leave , left ( for ...
... vowel ( internal inflexion ) , which has been already noticed as a striking peculiarity of the Teutonic . To the second class belong words like kill , killed ; lie , lied ; lay , laid ; lead , led ( for leaded ) ; leave , left ( for ...
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... vowels , which are not required to be the same . In the most common arrangement , there are three alliterative words in the couplet , two in the first line , and one in the second . A word which has an unaccented prefix is treated as if ...
... vowels , which are not required to be the same . In the most common arrangement , there are three alliterative words in the couplet , two in the first line , and one in the second . A word which has an unaccented prefix is treated as if ...
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