A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
From A.D. 1150 To 1580
Book Excerpt
Of course variations in the vowel-sounds are also introduced, in the
case of strong verbs, by the usual 'gradation' due to their method of
conjugation. To meet this difficulty in some measure, numerous (but
not exhaustive) cross-references have been introduced, as when, e.g.
'~Bar~, bare' is given, with a cross-reference to
Beren. Further help in this respect is to be had from the table
of 183 strong verbs given at pp. lxix-lxxxi of the Preface to Part I
of the Specimens of English (2nd edition); see, in particular, thealphabetical index to the same, at pp. lxxxi, lxxxii. The same Preface
further contains some account of the three principal Middle-English
dialects (p. xl), and Outlines of the Grammar (p. xlv). It also
explains the meaning of the symbols þ, ð (both used for _th_), 3*
(used for y initially, gh medially, and gh or
z
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