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... Old English it will not always be easy to produce conclusive proof of such borrowing . The Later Genesis contains a considerable number of ' Saxonisms ' that do not occur elsewhere in Old English texts.96 We do not know why the adaptor ...
... Old English it will not always be easy to produce conclusive proof of such borrowing . The Later Genesis contains a considerable number of ' Saxonisms ' that do not occur elsewhere in Old English texts.96 We do not know why the adaptor ...
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... Old English can be seen . These subjects I must here leave aside , yet I cannot refrain from warning future students against using evidence from Old English inter- linear versions for their purpose , because I believe that ( in spite of ...
... Old English can be seen . These subjects I must here leave aside , yet I cannot refrain from warning future students against using evidence from Old English inter- linear versions for their purpose , because I believe that ( in spite of ...
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... Old Norse lexemes , when such meanings may already have existed in Old English , but may not have been recorded in our surviving texts and glosses . Here I wish to draw attention to a further important issue . For Old High German and Old ...
... Old Norse lexemes , when such meanings may already have existed in Old English , but may not have been recorded in our surviving texts and glosses . Here I wish to draw attention to a further important issue . For Old High German and Old ...
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Lectures | 1 |
The Genetics of Celtic Populations | 37 |
An Essay on Survival | 59 |
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