 | Joseph Bosworth, George Waring - 1865 - 648 pàgines
...complicated system of English vowels arose from the Norman scribes, who first confused the Anglo-Saxon accents, and then attempted to supply their place...adopted, as will be seen by the following examples : — Cwen a cween, fet feet, ges geese, etc. : — Die a dike, He like, lim lime, win wine, etc. :... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth, George Waring - 1874 - 632 pàgines
...complicated system of English vowels arose from the Norman scribes, who first confused the Anglo-Saxon accents, and then attempted to supply their place...adopted, as will be seen by the following examples : — Cweu a cween, fct feet, ges geese, etc. : — Die a dike, lie like, Km lime, win wine, etc. :... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth - 1874 - 644 pàgines
...complicated system of English vowels arose from the Norman scribes, who first confused the Anglo-Saxon accents, and then attempted to supply their place by a multiplicity of vowels, which we ha\e adopted, as will be seen by the following examples i — Cweu a cween, fet feet, ges geese, ete.... | |
 | John Wycliffe - 1907 - 638 pàgines
...complicated system of English vowels arose from the Norman scribes, who first confused the Anglo-Saxon accents, and then attempted to supply their place...adopted, as will be seen by the following examples : — Cwén a cween, fit feet, gés geese, etc. : — Die a dike, lie like, lim lime, win wine, etc.... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth, George Waring - 1907 - 636 pàgines
...system of English vowels arose from the Norman scribes, who first confused the Anglo-Saxon accents, aud then attempted to supply their place by a multiplicity...adopted, as will be seen by the following examples : — Cwén u cween, fct feet, gee geese, etc. : — Die a dike, lie like, lim Urne, win wine, etc.... | |
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... remove false impressions, and to make the matter clear, by recollecting that the Anglo-Saxons only used one accent, which always indicated the long sound of the vowel over which it was placed. Our complicated system of English vowels arose from the... 