| 单词 | Middle English |
| 例句 | Gradually, perhaps under the influence of a Middle English AMA, the worm was given sole rights to the word, and the doctor became the doctor, out of dek, meaning to accept, later to teach. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It moved into Latin and Middle English as jlamen, a pagan word for priest, and into Sanskrit as brahma, then “brahman.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To faze is to disconcert or embarrass; it comes from a Middle English word, fesen, which meant “drive away” or “put to flight.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Words with French and Middle English roots were tricky for her and took practice. Spelling whiz shares her tips to beating the competition: Steady discipline, not a blitzkrieg 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He also paid homage to a delightful, anonymous, far too little-known Middle English poem usually called “A Complaint Against Blacksmiths.” How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The attention-drawing accouterment dates to the 1500s and gets its name from the Middle English “cod,” which most historians translate as “bag.” Prop Maker Doug Wright and Tom Cruise’s Codpiece 2012-06-13T21:16:24Z According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, boo was spelled bo in 15th century Middle English and defined as an interjection "used to express contempt or disapproval or to startle or frighten." LeBron James Returns to Cleveland with Miami: Why Fans Boo 2010-12-14T05:15:00Z Maybe, also, because that is the Middle English spelling of diverse, a word that hints at the multiplicity in Joanna Newsom’s work. Review: Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ Shares Thoughts of Life and Death 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The titillating ensemble name notwithstanding, this batch of time-tested Western European carols, most in English, a couple in standard Latin, others in Middle English and Medieval Latin just for fun. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “Belief” is, in fact, a version of a Middle English word meaning “to hold dearly,” and Paul held dearly the transformations of the spirit that Jesus modeled. Rethinking Easter through Paul the Apostle: Why evangelicals get it wrong 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z I don't believe anyone told us that the carols in Britten's Ceremony were in Middle English. Season's reading: I Sing of a Maiden 2010-12-21T16:11:01Z A collection of more than 20 stories written in Middle English in the 14th Century, they show the best and worst of human nature with a humorous touch. Original Chaucer manuscript online 2014-04-25T12:38:48Z "Bird on a Briar" or, in Middle English, "Bryd one Brere", is an enchanting little song, anonymous, of course, but with an extra mystery attached to its provenance. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z “Students won’t expect a faculty member talking about Middle English lyric or Milton to start drawing analogies to ’80s punk rock.” The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z And at a time when Latin and French dominated Western literature, Chaucer wrote in the vulgar vernacular of Middle English, the slang of its day. | ?The Canterbury Tales Remixed?: ?The Canterbury Tales Remixed? at SoHo Playhouse ? Review 2011-12-16T23:28:53Z A series of stories told by a group of travellers, in Chaucer's Middle English, takes readers on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in Canterbury. Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z In Middle English, it meant “good deeds” or “courtesy,” and through time it has come to mean friendly, considerate and generous. Perspective | How much empathy can I expect from a 5-year-old? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Despite the Middle English nomenclature, much of the information Irving catalogs in the book is recent. T Magazine: The Forager Handbook 2011-03-14T13:35:44Z “Plague” comes from the Middle English plage, which comes from the Latin plaga, “blow” — as in, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “a blow, smiting, slaughter.” A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But I’ve always preferred the early poetry, written before he left England, which can indeed be thorny, with its echoes of Middle English and contemporary popular songs. John Ashbery: By the Book 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But I’m out to convince those of you still traumatized from when you had to recite the opening of the prologue — in Middle English! — in front of your classmates. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Dr. Stokoe, who was hearing, believed otherwise, though he had gone to Gallaudet with no previous training in sign language and no real exposure to a Deaf community — his specialty was Middle English. Carl Croneberg, Explorer of Deaf Culture, Dies at 92 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The Latin word comes from “mater” — “mother” — and in late Middle English it means “womb.” Review: Lauren Groff's perfectly timely feminist medieval utopia 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The resin has a number of local names, among them luban, from the classical Arabic for milky whiteness, later adapted into Middle English as olibanum. How Botanical Oils Won Over the West 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Apparently, “nice” comes to us from Latin, through Old French, into Middle English, then into the English we speak today. Perspective | Nice, nice baby: After 2020, ‘nice’ is the four-letter word we desperately need 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z The increasing difficulty of Chaucer’s Middle English is another mark against it at a time when many students find even the language of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jane Austen too foreign to read. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z He appeared in Martin Scorsese’s 1978 film “The Last Waltz,” about the final concert of the rock group The Band, coming onstage to recite a portion of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” in Middle English. Michael McClure, poet who helped define Beat generation, dies at 87 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z On screen, McClure appeared in Martin Scorsese’s seminal 1978 concert film “The Last Waltz” — perhaps the only rock documentary in which a poet reads lines by the Middle English author Geoffrey Chaucer. Michael McClure, the poet whose roar helped launch the 60s, dies at 87 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Damico taught courses in Old and Middle English at the university beginning in 1981 after completing her Ph.D. at New York University the year before. Damico, retired UNM Beowulf scholar, dies from COVID-19 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The word derives from the Middle English word “doten,” which means “to dote,” and initially meant “imbecile” when it was first used in the 14th century, the dictionary said. From 'Rocketman' to 'dotard,' Trump and North Korea's history of trading insults 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Like his father, he taught Old English and Middle English at Oxford. Christopher Tolkien, who protected the legacy of his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, dies at 95 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Before he became the literary executor of the Tolkien Estate, he was a lecturer in Old and Middle English as well as Old Icelandic at the University of Oxford. Christopher Tolkien, son of 'Lord of the Rings' creator, dies at 95 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z After serving in the RAF during World War Two he became a lecturer in Old and Middle English and Old Icelandic at Oxford University. 'Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “Everyman” is mostly used as a literary term, introduced into the language by a 15th century morality play written in Middle English. Column: Let's get rid of the term ‘everyman,’ especially when referring to Tom Hanks 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z A scholar of Old and Middle English, Tolkien understood the power of myth and wanted to create one that pushed past the Arthurian tale. ‘Game of Thrones’ will end, but respect for fantasy should not 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The word “extort” dates to Middle English, from the Latin word meaning to twist. Jeff Bezos Said He Was a Victim of Extortion and Blackmail. What’s the Difference? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The word “experience” traces back through Middle English and Old French to the Latin experientia, which means “a test or attempt.” Why Suppress the ‘Experience’ of Half the World? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Those Vikings and Normans feebly learning Old English helped turn it into Middle English, in which case was far less often visible. In the court of common usage, an old pronoun is losing its case 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The word, rooted in Middle English, immediately gained new currency, lofted by Kim’s ballistic rejoinder. 'Dotard' rockets from obscurity to light up Trump-Kim exchange, spark partisan war of words 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Its US brethren, Merriam-Webster, further clarifies that the word initially meant "imbecile", and stems from the Middle English word "doten" which means "to dote". 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a variation of Render, meaning "to tear, to lacerate, to butcher" in Middle English - perhaps a reflection of Judge Rinder's moves on Strictly Come Dancing.. Smith, Jones and Cameron: What your surname says about you - BBC News 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The name was derived from the northern pronunciation of the much better known Farrer, based on the occupational name from Middle English, 'ferrour' meaning ironworker or blacksmith. Most common surnames in Britain and Ireland revealed - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Back when the word “girl” first appeared in the language, in the Middle English period, it was used to mean “child”, regardless of the gender of the child in question. 10 words that don't mean what they used to: when meerkats were monkeys and bimbos were boys 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Yes, Middle English turned into modern English, which will turn sloppily into Mars English. How to Write Like Antonin Scalia 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The first known use of the word “strange” dates back to the 13th century, when it was pulled out of Middle English to be used as a hybrid phrase born from Anglo-French and Latin. Chris Heisey’s home run tops wild 16-inning win for Nationals 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z While he studied Latin, Middle English and Old English in Toronto, his first serious Hebrew study was at the Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, he said. Fort Wayne English instructor turns medieval spy 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z He’s read the great classics as well — Chaucer, for example — and is amused that people living in rural outbacks didn’t spend their college years in Middle English seminars. Discovering the Deep South’s cliches all over again 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z In Middle English this was shortened to “a-be-ce,” or as we would now spell it, “ABC.” ‘Alphabet,’ From Ancient Greece to Google 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In 1481, Caxton brought out “The History of Reynard the Fox,” a translation—by him, into his late Middle English—of what was basically a thirteenth-century Dutch version. The Truth About Animal Stories 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The Folger Consort and the Lionheart vocal ensemble perform country music from the Chaucer era in Middle English and Latin and on period instruments. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z A group of students at a Dutch university set the poem to pictures and asked their professor to read it aloud, pronouncing the words as closely as possible as to the original Middle English. The 500 year old poem captivating Reddit 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Ben Zimmer, the language columnist for The Boston Globe, said the expression — about a rupture in something — comes from Middle English and has no Chinese roots. TV Sports: TV Sports ? When a Vile Ethnic Slur Goes Viral 2012-02-22T01:27:40Z Later, when the language has changed into what is technically called Middle English—say, in the thirteenth century—things are in many ways no better. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Readers whose eyes are not accustomed to the forms of Middle English will find practically all difficulty disappear if they read the passages aloud with modern pronunciation. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z The word in Middle English is femelle, adopted from the French from the Lat. femella, which is a diminutive, and in classical Latin used strictly as such, of femina, a woman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z "They're exclusively focused on how we know what Middle English sounded like," notes Sobecki, who says a huge body of research makes it possible to recreate the sounds with relative accuracy. The 500 year old poem captivating Reddit 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z As the paper went to press, Aiden went back to his Middle English texts to check his facts and realised that, in the meantime, someone else had taken them out – Google. The Renaissance Man: How to Become a Scientist Over and Over Again 2011-06-08T13:15:10.513Z There is besides an enormously greater amount of written matter extant in Middle English than in Anglo-Saxon, and this, coming from all parts of the country, is full of all varieties of odd words. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z With other Middle English and Scottish poets I have reluctantly taken greater liberties, since their language is often more remote from the speech of to-day. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z More characteristic of the age has been the development of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English lore. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z And in the concluding section, containing the annals from 1132 to 1154, and written somewhere about the latter year, we find Middle English fairly started on its career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Besides the rhymes we find abundant alliteration, as in most of the Middle English Romances. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z The vocabulary of Middle English, with its many French and Danish words, its many words belonging to one region and not to another, is, in some ways, more difficult than that of Anglo-Saxon. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Both were irregular in Middle English, were mostly regular by 1800, and subsequently backtracked and are irregular again today. [Research Article] Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books 2011-01-13T19:26:01.023Z According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, "boo" was spelled "bo" in 15th century Middle English, and defined as an interjection "used to express contempt or disapproval or to startle or frighten." LeBron's Return to Cleveland: Why They Boo 2010-12-02T19:35:00Z So thoroughly modern had its form consequently become that we might almost call it Modern English, and say that the Middle English stage of the northern dialect is lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z We can see this taking place, to a limited extent, in the transcripts of Middle English poems. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn The difference in language between Anglo-Saxon and Middle English corresponds to a division in the history of literature. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z This omission of the first light syllable is characteristic of Chaucer's couplet and of Middle English verse generally. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Such knowledge will also serve as the best introduction to the structure both of Middle English and of Modern English, besides laying a secure foundation for the scientific study of any other Germanic tongue. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary For comparison with the other dialects, however, the same nomenclature may be used, and we may class as Middle English the extensive literature which northern England produced during the 14th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z A fuller inflection of the demonstrative pronoun, or definite article; �an, �enne, ��re, �am;—in contradistinction to the Middle English. A Handbook of the English Language Beowulf is worth studying, among other reasons, because it brings out one great difference between the earlier and later medieval poetry, between Anglo-Saxon and Middle English taste in fiction. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z These tendencies resulted in the wholly irregular use of alliteration appearing in much of the verse of the early Middle English period, illustrated in the specimens that follow. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The second period is that of Middle English, or the period of leveled inflections, the dominant vowel of the inflections being e. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Homilies and other religious works of the end of the 12th century13 show us the change still further advanced, and the language passing into Early Middle English in its southern form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In Old English the form in -nd is predominant, in Middle English the use fluctuates, and in New English the termination -ing is universal. A Handbook of the English Language But there is a variety and subtilty in the Anglo-Saxon measure which is not found in the Middle English, and which is much more definitely under metrical rules. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The use of alexandrines and septenaries together, we have seen, was common even in the Middle English period, but not in regular alternation. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In Middle English 'moe,' or 'mo,' was used of number and with collective nouns; 'more' had reference specifically to size. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The Middle English was pre-eminently the Dialectal period of the language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This word but is classed as Middle English, but may still be heard in the north of England. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Here again there is a great difference between Anglo-Saxon and Middle English poetry. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z This poem is one of the very few representatives of distinctly alexandrine verse in Middle English. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This book is not intended for those who are acquainted with Anglo-Saxon and Middle English; but for those who care for the thought, specially the religious and devotional thought, of our forefathers. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises Bonaparte and Dr Ellis were directed specially to the classification and mapping of the existing dialects,28 and the relation of these to the dialects of Old and Middle English. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Marie de France lived probably in the latter part of the twelfth century and was one of the most striking figures in Middle English literature. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Middle English generally copies French, and is generally unpretentious in its vocabulary. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z It is also distinguished from the early French and Middle English forms by the fact that the cesura and the ending are commonly masculine. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The Middle English quotations, except where otherwise stated, are from Chaucer, the references being to the Globe edition. The Romance of Names In various modified forms, the septenarius was a favourite measure throughout the Middle English period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Yes, it is what learned men call “Middle English”—because it stands midway between the very oldest English, or Anglo-saxon, and the modern English which we speak now. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago The history of prose is continuous from the Anglo-Saxon onwards; there is no such division as between Anglo-Saxon and Middle English poetry. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The result was a great mass of Norman French lyrical poetry, often in intricate forms, and a smaller mass of imitative lyrics in Middle English. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History From the same source came Melrose, the great Scottish monastery, and S. Chad, the apostle of the Middle English. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 The earlier of these have still an occasional verbal plural in -n, especially in the word they ben; the southern her and hem of Middle English vary with the northern and Modern English their, them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It is more convenient to discuss the details of such cases in another context, but any general approach to the theory of translation in Middle English literature must include this consideration. Early Theories of Translation In fact, Middle English prose at first is the continuation of the English Chronicle, and the transcription of the homilies of Ælfric into the later grammar and spelling. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z These verses seem to give the earliest extant appearance of end-rime in Middle English. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History All the Middle English versions of the Romances of Guy of Warwick are translations from the French.... A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The revived study of Latin and Greek also led to modifications in the spelling of some words which had entered Middle English in the French form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Of explicit comment on general principles, then, there is but a small amount in connection with Middle English translations. Early Theories of Translation Anglo-Saxon and Middle English literature had many things in common. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The Poema Morale, evidently one of the most popular poems of the early Middle English period, seems to be the earliest one of any considerable length in which end-rime was used regularly. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Middle English, 1250-1485.—Most of the inflexions of nouns and adjectives have in this period—between the middle of the thirteenth and the end of the fifteenth century—completely disappeared. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The influence of native popular poetic tradition, whether in the form of recited or of sung verse, is clearly discernible in the earliest Middle English poems that have been preserved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Our concern, indeed, is with the larger and by no means the least valuable part of the literature produced during the Middle English period. Early Theories of Translation It is not till about 1200 that Middle English literature begins to be at all fully represented. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z And I believe that there is no period of our literature which, when studied, will do more to prevent or correct such fatuity than this very period of Early Middle English. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Grammar of the Fourth Period, 1350-1485.—This may be called Later Middle English. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The distinction is continued in Middle English, from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Quotations have been modernized, except in the case of Middle English verse, where the original form has been kept for the sake of the metre. Early Theories of Translation What is popular in Middle English literature is just as much French as English; while, on the other hand, what is native, like the alliterative verse, is as often as not used for ambitious works. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Also these 18th century men fenced off the whole of our own Middle English and medieval literature—fenced off Chaucer and Dunbar, Malory and Berners—as barbarous and 'Gothic.' On The Art of Reading Wiesener explains in simple, compact fashion some of the differences between Elizabethan and modern English and traces these phenomena back to their origins in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Middle English lexicons and grammars, studies of special subjects, such as popular myths or miracle plays or the Arthurian legends, and the like. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The great majority of these Middle English works contain within themselves no clear statement as to which of the many possible methods have been employed in their production. Early Theories of Translation One of the earliest Middle English pieces is a Moral Poem which is found in several manuscripts and evidently was well known and popular. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The most interesting words are those that have survived from Middle English or from Tudor English times. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day Dryden's preface has some admirable criticism of Chaucer, although it is evident, from what he says about the old poet's versification, that the secret of Middle English scansion and pronunciation had already been lost. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Certain well-known tests of form, however, first formulated by Brate, such as ou for O. E. ea, or the assimilation of certain consonants apply as well to Scotch as to Early Middle English. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch At the very beginning of the history of Middle English literature Orm attacked the problem of the verse translation very directly. Early Theories of Translation Our Middle English form is not consummate, and is in some places crude in manner and in sentiment. The English Novel Though it is common in Shakespeare, it is comparatively rare in the Middle English period, from the twelfth to the 7 fifteenth century. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day There is nothing strange about this; many of these things were still in manuscript and in unknown tongues, Old Norse, Old French, Middle High German, Middle English, Mediaeval Latin. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century References to Middle English forms are to B-S., unless otherwise specified. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch In Middle English the became an article, and that remained a demonstrative adjective. An English Grammar He shows a liking for technique that leads him to adopt elaborate devices of rhyme, while retaining the alliteration characteristic of Northern Middle English verse. The Pearl This is precisely what happened in course of time, and the new nomenclature would have done no harm if the study of Middle English had been at all general. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day Tityrus is made to lament the dead shepherd in very incorrect Middle English. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Old English, Middle English, and Elizabethan English, South of England folk-words or Scots phrases taken from the border ballads—all were grist for Rowley's mill. The Rowley Poems Widower, from the weakening of the ending -a in Old English to -e in Middle English. An English Grammar It was swept into being by one of the surface drifts of the language, to be swept aside in the Middle English period by the more powerful drift toward the use of simple distinctive forms. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Nevertheless, traces of Proven�al influence are unmistakably apparent in this Middle English lyric poetry. The Troubadours Indeed, it was nothing but the general ignorance of the spelling, flexions, vocabulary, and scansion of Middle English verse, that made the controversy possible. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Equally popular was the visit of Sir Owayn to the Purgatory of St. Patrick, which is also included in the same Middle English Legendary. The Glories of Ireland In Middle English the plural of this was this or thise, which changed its spelling to the modern form these. An English Grammar Within the Anglo-Saxon and early Middle English period there took place further changes in the same direction. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech This influence was continued in Middle English lyric poetry. The Troubadours Courses 5, 6, and 7 are designed for the careful study of the language and literature of Early and Middle English periods: Course 6 was given in 1897-8. America To-day, Observations and Reflections It seems probable that this work was known to Dante, and, in addition to the numerous continental versions, there is a rendering of the story into Middle English verse. The Glories of Ireland In the same way the word high had in Middle English the superlative hexte. An English Grammar At the very beginning of the Middle English period, therefore, we find that the old paradigm has yielded to a more regular one: Sing.Plur.N. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech They were removed after Middle English un-, but retained after Anglo-Saxon un-. A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 This book therefore is of no value to a Middle English scholar, and needs no glossary. In Homespun We said a moment ago that Wiclif's translation was the standard of Middle English. Study of the King James Bible But in early Middle English the modern way of regarding such expressions also appeared, gradually displacing the old. An English Grammar |
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