10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD NORTH FRENCH»
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Old North French in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Proto-Romance Morphology: Comparative Romance Grammar
This was because the Old North French word for 'man', alone of the ItaloWestern
Romance languages, had two declensional forms, /6m0/ oblique, and /om/,
nominative, which diverged in their phonemic shape due to sound-changes.
Robert A. Hall, Jr., 1984
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External Influences on English: From Its Beginnings to the ...
Therefore, Old North French (including Picard, in the northeast) borrowed /w/
from neighboring Germanic, in particular, Frankish (§7.8.1), or, more technically,
Low Franconian (Brosman 1999). The poems of the west midland Katherine
group ...
3
Bless the Buccaneer with Barbecued Blood
The Normans proceeded to take over the whole of England and, as a result, Old
English, a language with a rich cultural and literary heritage, became the
language of the underclass, while Anglo-French, Old French and Old North
French ...
4
Wondering about Words: D'où viennent les mots anglais ?
War comes from Old North French werre, 'war'; guerilla from Spanish guerra;
worse and worst from Old English wyrsa and wyrsta, from the Germanic
comparative and superlative; wurst, 'sausage' ('mixture') from Germanic *wursti-.
The story ...
5
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
... tongue — was simply one of several dialectal variants of medieval French; its
sound system and grammar were strongly influenced by western and northern
dia(sometimes called "Old North French"). By convention, however, the
etymologies ...
6
Word Nerd: More Than 18,000 Fascinating Facts about Words
... double-gruntle—or complain repeatedly guacamole is from Nahuatl
ahuacamolli, “avocado sauce or stew” guarantee is from Old French garant, “a
warrant,” while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant, “
a warrant.
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Complementary Therapies for Pain Management: An ...
... biblical use with reference to the Supreme Being. Chagrin Disquietude or
distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment or failure. Origin: from
French chagrin 'sad, melancholy', possibly from Old North French graignier 'to
sorrow'.
Edzard Ernst, Max H. Pittler, Barbara Wider, 2007
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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
opment of French, the ca part of Latin words became changed to cha. But in Old
North French, a northern dialect form, the Latin c remained c before a. Thus the
Old North French equivalent was escaper 'to escape', and this is the immediate ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Old Low German ON O Norse ONF. : Old North French onomat. : onomatopoetic
Overs old Persian OProc. : Old Procençal OPruss. : Old Prussian opt.: optics orig.
: originally ornith. : ornithology OSax. : Old Saxon XVI OSlav. : Old Slaronic OSp.
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The Romance of Arthur: An Anthology
Womenalso are notalwayspaid with kindness for theready offerof their charms, as
Arthur proveswhen he savagely beats his paramour, the Lady of the Blonde Hair.
OLD NORTH FRENCH: The Knight of the Parrot Thomas E Vesce.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD NORTH FRENCH»
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Why Mobile Wallets Are Failing and Will Keep Failing
The word itself likely descended from the Old North French walet, a roll or a knapsack, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. «Pacific Standard, Jul 14»
From Busy to Business: Exploring 'Semantic Antics'
Wallop was probably borrowed from Old North French (unattested) walope meaning "to leap well," from a Frankish phrase related to Old Saxon ... «NPR, Mar 08»
