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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...wumman, is employed. Two very old forms are now seen for almost the last time; erne morewe (p. 45), and syndon sunt, (p. 145). The last comes in a transcript of a prose piece drawn up soon after the year 1100, and was very likely not understood. The transcriber had been used to see au employed to express the broad a in French words; this he now transfers to Old English, writing Engelaunde and Qrawiitebrugge, as well as Mavdeleyne; our French way of pronouncing Magdalen College is well known; our pronunciation of baume (balm) and aunt is a relic of this time. We find at p. 155 the proper name Hug', not Hugo. At p. 145, we see how the names of our English shires and towns had been pared down by 1260; there are Kanterbury and Cumberlond; the English Dmholm was still preferred to the French Duresme, which we have followed since 1300. But Serobscir was written Slobschire, whence comes our Salop; a curious instance of the interchange between r and I. There is much paring of letters in common words; forward becomes forward, p. 42; on two is turned into a to, p. 50. An s is added to beside, as in Layamon; and bisides is used as an Adverb in p. 149. Hond and long rime with each other in p. 51. In p. 43, more bold is used for the true English bolder, to suit the rime. As in the second copy of Layamon, pilke appears; and hwat evere Englishes quodcunque (p. 52); the swa that should have come in the middle of the word is dropped. We find half taking the Numeral one before it; on half hundred (p. 146). It is easy to see how an Adverb becomes changed into a Preposition, from the phrase blod orn adm ofhym (p. 42); all that is wanted is to drop the of. In p. 45 we see siker used as an Adverb; eerie. There are phrases like on after on (p. 40); make (two) to one (p. 145); ney...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150188824
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 188
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150188820
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 345 gr


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