Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in Form Or Meaning, by False Derivation Or Mistaken AnalogyJohnson Reprint, 1882 - 664 стор. |
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akin Alliterative Poems ancient Andresen Anglicized form Arab Arber assimilated Bailey bird called Chaucer Cleveland Compare compounded connexion corrupted form Cotgrave Davies denoting derived dialect Dict Diez doth Du Bartas Dutch E. D. Soc Etym Faerie Queene Florio formerly French German word Glossary Goth Greek Hampole hath haue Havelok the Dane Hist Holy horse Icel Ireland Irish Jamieson Jonson Joyce King Latin Lincolnshire Lord Low Lat meaning mistaken Nares old Eng old English old Fr old name old word originally pare Parv Parvulorum Percy Folio perhaps Philolog phrase Piers Plowman place-name plant Plowman plural popular name Portg probably Prompt Prov provincial Queene Riwle ruption Sansk says Scheler Scot Scotch seems Sermons Shakespeare Shaks Skeat slang spelling spelt Spenser surname Swed term thou tion verb Wallon Wedgwood Welsh whence William of Palerne Wright Wycliffe þat
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