A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and Affinity to Other Languages ; and Occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions--E. Charnley, 1829 - Всего страниц: 343 |
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Æsop allied ancient Antiq applied beat Berkeley bird BIZON Border Brand's Pop bread cake called Canny cattle Chaucer cognate common corn corruption Crav custom derived dialect Du Cange Durham especially etymology etymon expression female fire formerly Gael Germ Gloss Glossary Grose Hence hinny Hist horse Ital Jamieson keel keelmen King land language means milk Mo.-Got Nares Newc Newcastle noise North of England Northern word Northumberland Northumbrian obsolete occurs Old Eng old English old word origin peculiar Peirs Ploughman perhaps person probably pronunciation provincial Pure Saxon river Tyne rustic Sandgate says Scotch Scotland Scottish Scottish language seems sense Shak Shakspeare sheep Song sort Spenser stone Su.-Got Supp supposed Swed term Teut thing tion Todd Todd's John Todd's Johnson Tyne UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA verb villenage vulgar Welsh Wilbraham Willan Yorkshire young
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