Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863Scribner's Sons, 1864 - 622 pages |
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Page 75
... given to the horse besides the one here mentioned , but whatever name was given it could only be formed by laying hold of the horse by means of some general quality , and by thus arranging the horse , together with other objects , under ...
... given to the horse besides the one here mentioned , but whatever name was given it could only be formed by laying hold of the horse by means of some general quality , and by thus arranging the horse , together with other objects , under ...
Page 76
... given to things according to Bishop Wilkins's philosophical method would all be founded on judgment , those given by the early framers of language repose chiefly on wit or fancy . Thus wheat was called the white plant , hvaiteis in ...
... given to things according to Bishop Wilkins's philosophical method would all be founded on judgment , those given by the early framers of language repose chiefly on wit or fancy . Thus wheat was called the white plant , hvaiteis in ...
Page 478
... given in the Ynglinga - saga , begins with Niörðr , identifies Frayr with Yngvi , and derives from him the name of the race . The second son of Mannus , Isco , has been identi- fied by Grimm with Askr , another name of the first- born ...
... given in the Ynglinga - saga , begins with Niörðr , identifies Frayr with Yngvi , and derives from him the name of the race . The second son of Mannus , Isco , has been identi- fied by Grimm with Askr , another name of the first- born ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural Hawaian heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced religion Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon Science of Language sense skrit soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν