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Page 11
... PROF . SKEAT . Here are his words : Suzerain , a feudal lord ( F . , - L . ) . Not in John- son , hardly an E. word . F. suzerain , sovereign , yet subaltern , superior , but not supreme , ' Cot . A coined word ; made from F. sus , Lat ...
... PROF . SKEAT . Here are his words : Suzerain , a feudal lord ( F . , - L . ) . Not in John- son , hardly an E. word . F. suzerain , sovereign , yet subaltern , superior , but not supreme , ' Cot . A coined word ; made from F. sus , Lat ...
Page 91
... PROF . SKEAT himself allows in 4 , s . v . " Groundsel , " that the A.-S. u ( the original vowel ) " was really at the first short . " And I can give him another example . The vowel in the A.-S. verb brecan is , I believe , short ; it ...
... PROF . SKEAT himself allows in 4 , s . v . " Groundsel , " that the A.-S. u ( the original vowel ) " was really at the first short . " And I can give him another example . The vowel in the A.-S. verb brecan is , I believe , short ; it ...
Page 236
... PROF . SKEAT'S examples are there . Thus , the ham which PROF . SKEAT says has so long been a puzzlet is to be found there , for Koch gives Buckingham , Nottingham , Durham , and Southampton ( pp . 221 , 222 ) , and states expressly ...
... PROF . SKEAT'S examples are there . Thus , the ham which PROF . SKEAT says has so long been a puzzlet is to be found there , for Koch gives Buckingham , Nottingham , Durham , and Southampton ( pp . 221 , 222 ) , and states expressly ...
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Sedan ChairsHair turned WhiteTrades and Streets | 6 |
Britannia 10 Suzerain Ham 11 Parish | 13 |
Authors Wanted | 19 |
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