| 单词 | Old French |
| 例句 | Even the name itself, from the Old French, autompne, sounds solemn. Christopher Buckley: Autumn Is Icummen In 2013-09-05T13:02:00Z Born in Central California, Ms. Dean spent her early childhood in Davis, Calif., where her mother, who is Chinese, received a Ph.D. in medieval English and Old French at the University of California, Davis. Up Close : A Profile of Cecilia Dean 2013-05-08T19:45:33Z From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s dizzying — nearly 22,000 lines of octosyllabic Old French couplets. She Tackled Aristotle in an Opera. Next Up: Medieval French Couplets. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Although the archetypical emblem of an online troll is of a grinning bogeyman, the word can be traced back to the Old French verb troller, meaning to wander around while hunting. The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z “Domain” derives from Old French, denoting heritable or landed property; its Latin-derived cognate, “domicile,” means, of course, “home.” Best Known as a Holocaust Poet, Nelly Sachs Deserves Another Look 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z 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 word “morgue” comes from the Old French “morguer,” meaning “to look at solemnly.” Perspective | Death becomes him 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Its use goes back as far as around 1300, when in Old French, it meant pretty much the same thing as it does now. Opinion | Getting rid of ‘chief’ ignores etymology 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The word has returned to its 13th-century Old French origins, when it meant “foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless, careless, clumsy, weak, poor, needy, simple, stupid, silly.” In search of our better selves - Golf Digest 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Many seafarers’ journals also contain the word adventure, from the Old French aventure, ‘to happen by chance’, and the Latin adventura, a thing ‘about to happen’. Explorers at sea: centuries of science afloat 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z 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 The word “apron” is derived from the Old French word “naperon” meaning napkin. Iowa woman collects aprons 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Because if she translates the word “chief” from English to French, she will find that it is “chef,” the modern French version of Old French “chief.” Opinion | Getting rid of ‘chief’ ignores etymology 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The origins of the word date back to the 13th century, when in Old French and medieval Latin it meant “regular food” or “daily food allowance.” Diet: What’s in a name? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “Sanctuary” goes back to the 14th century, borrowed via Old French from the Latin “sanctuarium,” for a sacred place or shrine. ‘Sanctuary Cities,’ From Shakespeare’s Day to the President-Elect 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The name “Oregon” comes from an Old French map, historians believe. California Today: First-Day Jitters for Kevin Durant 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The correct phrase in this case is “case in point,” which derives its meaning from a dialect of Old French. 20 Commonly Misused Phrases (and How to Use Them Correctly) 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The word “negligence” derives from the Old French word for sloth or the Latin word for carelessness. Well: Living with Cancer: Careless Care 2014-05-08T20:42:09Z For the convenience of the reader I have translated references in Latin and Old French and have arranged the houses under counties. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Old French text has been edited by P. Meyer, Romania, xv. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z During the Old French War they resumed the use of arms, and while the Five Nations fought for the English, they espoused the cause of France. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The hurdy-gurdy originated in France at the time when the Paris School or Old French School was laying the foundations of counterpoint and polyphony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Many mottoes retain their original orthography, and stand in Old English or Old French. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Among his most important work was the elucidation of Old French by means of the many glosses in the medieval writings of Rashi and other French Jews. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The words achieve, agree, amerce, amount, acquit, acquaint, avow, &c. show the same prefix, derived through the medium of Old French. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z In Old French the word is almost certainly gran�, and is derived 390 from grain, “something used in cooking.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In Old French, new words are freely formed by derivation, and to a less extent by composition; in Modern French, borrowing from Latin or other foreign languages is the more usual course. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z I know the usual explanation is that the shoe was made of a kind of fur called in Old French vair, and that a transcriber changed this word into verre. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z Many of the Old French tales have been preserved to us in but a single manuscript, with the result we have few critical texts. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Said to be from the Spanish and Old French gaban, a great coarse cloak with a hood, a word itself supposed to be connected with capa. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z But, as it happened, I was something of a student of Old French myself, and I found I could make out the drift of the document that N. had sent his master. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z These ruins, which we often visited when they were much more extensive and conspicuous than they are now, were popularly designated "The Old French Fort." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Christmas Day brought presents—a box of stone bricks, a rocking-horse, a doll's house for Stella, boxes of soldiers, a wooden battleship, and books—Hans Andersen and Grimm and the Old French Fairy-tales. Sinister Street, vol. 1 This word comes from the Old French "tourner" meaning to turn. Stories from Tagore A complete edition of his works has been undertaken for the Old French Text Society by the Marquis de Queux de Saint Hilaire. A Short History of French Literature Old French mothers stole in timorously and offered their services, the service of their hands and emptied hearts. Leerie I notice in the list of subjects taught: Old French, Scandinavian languages and literature, Sanskrit, Zend and Gothic, Hebrew and Semitic languages, and philology. The Story of Chautauqua The term came to be the generic one in Old French for collections of fables on the model of Marie's. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) From the Old French "estiquette," meaning something fixed like a bill on the wall. Stories from Tagore A complete collection of farces, soties, etc. is hoped for from the Old French Text Society. A Short History of French Literature Remote as the "Old French War" seems now that epoch of conceited ignorance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Assonance was the characteristic coördinating element in the verse of the early Romance languages, the Provençal, Old French, and Spanish. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History A large part of Old French literature, as one critic has remarked, is devoted to exposing and discussing, the misfortunes of marriage; and in these relations the deceived husband is, we might say, clown paramount. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) According to the New English Dictionary there is no intermediate form in Old French. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Before much attention had been paid in France itself to Old French, he published a collection of Anglo-Norman poems in 1818, and from these studies he passed to that of English history as such. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Israel Putnam, renowned veteran of the "Old French War," was plowing in his fields at Pomfret, Connecticut, when he heard the stirring news. Nathan Hale "Device" and its doublet "devise" come from the two Old French forms devis and devise of the Latin divisa, things divided, from dividere, to separate, used in the sense of to arrange, set out, apportion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The height of their fame was at the close of the Old French War in 1763. The Indian Question (1874) And this it was that brought about that long and bloody struggle, the Old French War. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief What is known as assonance, that is to say, vowel rhyme only, as in Old French and in Spanish, is not in itself objectionable, though it is questionably suited to English. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The presumption and folly of such disrespect would be only inferior to its ingratitude, for the indulgence with which M. Paris consistently treated my own somewhat rash adventures in Old French was extraordinary. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The Oaths of Lewis the German and Charles the Bald, and their armies at Strassburg, 842, in Old Frankish and Old French; from the History of Nithard, the grandson of Charlemagne. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities He was descended from Puritan stock, and one of his ancestors, a captain in the Old French War, was killed in battle. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Dinwiddie were by any means the only persons of consequence who figured in this Old French War. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief The primary one is in descriptions, where English replaces Old French, making them understandable to those who are not specialists in the field. Concordance A Terran Empire concordance No one can exceed me in respect for perhaps the foremost of recent scholars in Old French. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The Old French adjective Gent, now replaced by gentil, generally means slender in Mid. The Romance of Names The Old French name for the walnut is noix gauge, Lat. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) But he soon found that for a real knowledge of French you need first to get a thorough grasp of Old French and Provençal. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge He had it from a Captain Richardson, who was killed at Cape Breton in the "Old French War." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 From our Headquarters at the junction of Oxford Street and the Old French Road little could be seen of what was going on. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The name Soar is from the Old French adjective sor, bright yellow. The Romance of Names The third great element of our working vocabulary is furnished by Old French, i.e., the language naturally developed from the spoken Latin of the Roman soldiers and colonists, generally called Vulgar Latin. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) It is quite possible that the University possesses to-day a better Dante scholar than Lowell, a better scholar in Old French, a better Chaucer scholar, a better Shakespeare scholar. Modern American Prose Selections The derivation of the name is from the French, bransle, a totter, swing, shake, etc., or perhaps from Old French Brandeler, to wag, shake, swing. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries We do not think of spaniels as foreign dogs; but the name means "Spanish," having come into English from the Old French word espagneul, with that meaning. Stories That Words Tell Us And both are diminutives of Drogo, which occurs in Domesday Book, and is, through Old French, the origin of our Drew. The Romance of Names The following chapters deal especially with words borrowed from Old French and from the other Romance languages, their origins and journeyings, and the various accidents that have befallen them in English. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) He must have his maintenance of the great classics, and so he exposes what I fear may be called no very extensive or accurate acquaintance with Old French. Matthew Arnold Later the Old French Text Society was founded for the preservation and publication of mediaeval remains. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The word war itself comes from the Old French word werre. Stories That Words Tell Us In Gracedieu, thanks to God, the second element is an Old French dative. The Romance of Names A linguistic invasion such as that of English by Old French is almost unparalleled. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Forty years ago, old men talked as much of the Old French War—the Seven Years' War of European historians—as of the War of the Revolution. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 And now began what aged people call the Old French War. True Stories of History and Biography Dainty has a quite different meaning; though it, too, came from dignitas, but through the less dignified way of the Old French word daintie. Stories That Words Tell Us Batchelor, the origin of which is one of the etymological problems yet unsolved, had in Old French and Mid. The Romance of Names Another Old French word, once common in English, but now found only in dialect, is felon, a whitlow. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) In the heat of the Old French War," says Mr. Hawthorne, speaking of the inhabitants of New England, "they might be termed a martial people. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 So Grandfather spoke of the earnest loyalty of our fathers during the Old French War, and after the conquest of Canada had brought that war to a triumphant close. True Stories of History and Biography It passed into Old French as resoun, and from this we got the word reason. Stories That Words Tell Us English as in Old French, and often bear witness to a violent or brutal nature. The Romance of Names Many Old French words which live on in England are obsolete in France. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) 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 Very well," said Grandfather; "and you recollect that this was in 1763, or thereabouts, at the close of the Old French War. True Stories of History and Biography The word gain came into English from an Old French word, but this word in its turn came from a Teutonic word meaning to graze or pasture. Stories That Words Tell Us Corrie, a mountain glen, or to Curry in Somerset, and I conjecture that it sometimes represents Old French and Mid. The Romance of Names The majority of High German words in English have passed through Old French, and we have taken little from modern German. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) And as the favorite kind of writing in Provençal, Old French, and Spanish was the tale of chivalrous adventure that was called par excellence, a roman, romans, or_ romance_. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century There were other battles in Canada, after Wolfe's victory," resumed Grandfather; "but we may consider the Old French War as having terminated with this great event. True Stories of History and Biography Sometimes they have come to us through Old French words borrowed from the Latin, and sometimes from the Latin words directly, or modern French words taken from the Latin. Stories That Words Tell Us Local names of Old French origin are usually taken from the provinces and larger towns which had a meaning for English ears. The Romance of Names The Old French for fox is goupil, a derivative of Lat. vulpes, fox. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) It is not a long poem; there are only about 3,500 lines in all, but the Old French in which it is written makes it difficult reading, at least to one not a Frenchman. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The same," said Grandfather; "and he had done good service in the Old French War. True Stories of History and Biography In Old French it became deis, and from this we have the English dais—the raised platform of a throne. Stories That Words Tell Us Not every Norman or Old French name need be included in the group described by Emerson when talking down to an uneducated audience. The Romance of Names In remainder and remnant we have the infinitive and present participle of an obsolete Old French verb derived from Lat. remanēre. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Old French cookery-books recommend the addition of a little powdered gum, not bigger than a pea, and the gum recommended is that known as tragacanth. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet The perils shared, the victories won, in the Old French War, when the soldiers of the colonies fought side by side with their comrades from beyond the sea, were unforgotten yet. True Stories of History and Biography The words chieftain and captain are doublets coming from the Late Latin word capitaneus, "chief;" the former through the Old French word chevetaine, and the latter more directly from the Latin. Stories That Words Tell Us Besides the paladins, there are many heroes of Old French epic whose names were popular during the two centuries that followed the Conquest. The Romance of Names This is from escache, an Old French dialect form of échasse, stilt, which was used in the Middle Ages for a wooden leg. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Incidentally, the handwriting is like engraving, and the style is what one would expect if our Kessin friend had been brought up at an Old French court. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 General Gage, an officer of the Old French War, and since commander-in-chief of the British forces in America, was appointed governor in his stead. True Stories of History and Biography Frail and fragile are another pair, coming from the Latin word fragilis, "easily broken;" the one through Old French, and the other through Modern French. Stories That Words Tell Us The name Beamish actually occurs as that of village in Durham, the earlier form of which points Old French origin, from beau mes, Lat. bellum mansum, a fair manse, i.e. dwelling. The Romance of Names Minstrel comes from an Old French derivative of Lat. minister, servant. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Old French ironwork: the craftsman and his art. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December As Grandfather's chair had no locomotive properties, and did not even run on castors, it cannot be supposed to have marched in person to the Old French War. True Stories of History and Biography Old French ladies in villages twenty miles back from the line lay all that night hideous in respirators. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917 Along with Old French national and Arthurian epics there were a number of romances based on the legends of Alexander, Caesar, and the tale of Troy. The Romance of Names We have it also, via Old French, in abet, whence the aphetic bet, originally to egg on. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section C Anonymous Old French epic, dating perhaps as early as the middle 11th century. The Song of Roland And now, in the heat of the Old French War, they might well be termed a martial people. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") Near the close of the Old French War, a party of New England axe-men, who preceded the march of Colonel Bradstreet toward Lake Ontario, were building a bridge of logs through a swamp. A Bell's Biography He also compiled the first Old French dictionary. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) An Old French Mariner am I, Whom Time hath render'd poor and gray; Hear, conquering Britons, ere I die, What anguish prompts me thus to say. Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs "Old French and Indian War" in America was a part of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Outline of Universal History If we had enlisted in the Old French War, it should have been under such a captain; for we love to see a man keep the characteristics of his country. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") This word is said to be derived from Old French deuil, mourning; but its present form looks very English. The Naturalist on the Thames Crécerelle is a diminutive of crécelle, a rattle, used in Old French especially of the leper's rattle or clapper, with which he warned people away from his neighbourhood. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Chaucer complained of the scarcity of rhymes in English as compared with their affluence in Old French, and it is true that rhyming is harder in our tongue than in the Romance languages. A Study of Poetry In the Old French War, there had been a call for concert of action, and a deepening of the sense of common interests and of being really one people. Outline of Universal History One who provides or secures lodgings for another, from the Old French herbegtsr, whence harbor. Palamon and Arcite Moreover, the secular affairs of the colony were calling minds away from religious contentions as the stress of the Old French War was more and more felt. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Its Old French forms are numerous, and the one which has survived in English may be taken as an abbreviation of Arab. amir al bahr emir on the sea. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The valley heard, as I have said, hardly a sound of the Seven Years' War, the "Old French War" as Parkman called it. The French in the Heart of America Sir William Howe, brother of the Howe who died bravely in the Old French War, was appointed commander-in-chief in place of Gage. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 The perils shared, the victories won in the Old French War, when the soldiers of the colonies fought side by side with their comrades from beyond the sea, were unforgotten yet. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Conclusive proof that the Old French Text is the source of all the others. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The other tent is from the Old French past participle of tendre, to stretch. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Old French, see 3, 6, 17, 18, 22, 24, 30, 48, 54. A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 I have received numerous calls from members of the Old French Abolition Society, which existed here for many years. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Old French has died as foolishly as she lived, and left six thousand pounds to you don't know whom ; but to be raised out of her judicious collection of trumpery pictures, etc. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 It was written in clear Gothic text, and in the Old French tongue of the early 14th century. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The triumph of the form belfry is due to association with bell, but the l is originally due to dissimilation, since we find belfroi also in Old French. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The beginning of the Old French War ended what we may call the first era of the pack-horse trade. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway In Old French we also find the corrupt form contrepointe which gave Eng. counterpoint— "In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns; In cypress chests my arras, counterpoints, Costly apparel, tents and canopies." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) In New York State, throughout the period of the Old French and the Revolutionary wars, barges and keel boats had plied the Mohawk, Wood Creek, and the Oswego to Lake Ontario. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway |
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