10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORDLORE»
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wordlore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary
Goddard, WordLore, 2 (1927), 163 [Suffolk, 1870]. Additional line: “And
mademecry, O ho! O ho!” Bolton (1888),93 [Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio,
Pennsylvania]. Three variants. Leland, JAF, 2 (1889), 115. Robertson,NF, 3,no. 2(
Summer 1960) ...
Roger D. Abrahams, Lois Rankin,
2013
6t-99), on the Uses of Words, though suhjoined to Wordlore, may be read by
those who have already studied Latin Syntax to some extent in a shorter
Grammar with suitable. practice. It unavoidably containsmany topics (as, Ellipsis
and ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
... wolverine: uei III, ulkuo woman: per VI c wonky: uag I wood: uat, uid wooden
horse: ane woodpecker: speik woof: uebh wool: uei HI woolen: uei III
Worcestershire: kastr word: suer II, uer VI word age: uer VI wordless: suer II
wordlore: uer VI ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley,
2009
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The Gentleman's Magazine
4830.] , cuts; and I have sha ed a few which I_ think would be an ciently expres,
SlVCThe English word stead means a place. So in the sister language of ours,
the Danish, we find it with the same meaning: “ I Jerusalem er det sled hvor,” &c.,
...
Stanford: Stanford University Press,1974. Owen, W.J.B. Wordsworth as Critic.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press,1969. Palmer, Rev.A. Smythe. The Folk and
Their WordLore: An Essay on Popular Etymologies. London: Routledge, 1904. —
—.
Rotary News, Quincy, Illinois. Wordlore Student: "What do you think of our little
college town?" Visitor: "It certainly is unique." Student: "What do you mean by
unique?" Visitor: "It's from the Latin 'unus' meaning 'one,' and 'equus' meaning '
horse.
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Anthology of Errors with Comments. London: Chaterson Ltd. Zeiger, Arthur.
Encyclopedia of English and Dictionary of Grammar, Usage [etc.]. N.Y.: Caxton
House, Inc. 1948 Barnes, Duane Clayton. Wordlore. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Brown, Ivor ...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the ...
naturelore. warlore. goveralore. animal-lore, airlore. meteorlore. earthlore.
riverlore. wordlore. starlore. fieldlore. shell-lore, waterweightlorc. lightlore ; and
so on. The substantives of the persons might be birdloreman, fable- loreman, &c.
; the ...
Edward Cave, John Nichols,
1830
Let usnot think of wordlore asfixed,norof words as dead flowers stuck intoabook.
Let usnotthink of even their shells as artificial carpentry, like the false coins daily
issuing from the Babumint, or the unheardof exercises of languagemakers.
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