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A Dictionary of English Etymology Hensleigh Wedgwood,J. C. 1814-1900 Atkinson No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
allodium animal applied ball bast beat belly bend bird blot blow body Bohem boil boss break Bret brigandine bubble bunch busk butt called cascare catkin chatter Chaucer clap claw clob clod cloth colour commonly connexion Cotgr crack creak crooked derived Dict Diez dress equivalent Esthon explained expressed false etymology fasten Finnish languages flax formerly Fris Gael give Goth grimmen Grisons hand head Hence hollow horse Icel imitation kind knob knock kopano koppa language Lith lump manner metaphor mouth noise notion one's paljas piece probably properly Prov quod represented root Rouchi round Russ seems sense ship shiver signifying soft sound stick stone strike swelling Swiss syllable term thence thick thing tion tree Vaud Venet verb vessel Wallon whence wood word Wört wrinkle