English etymology | Lemon, George William; or, a derivative dictionary of the English language: in two alphabets. ... The whole compiled from Vossius, ... By the Reverend George William Lemon, ... - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1783 Excerpt: ...feles sylvestras Panonicas vocat: Fr. Gall. martin; Hifp. marta; Ital. martino: funt qui hoc animal martes dictum putanr, a ferocid et pugnacitate martid: Skinn.";--consequently then would be Gr. as in the following art. MARTIAL; A«f, Mars; Martialis; the god ef war; warlike. MARTIAN?these laws are sometimes written MERTIAN Mercian; and are supposed to have been instituted by Martia, the queen of Guitbeline; who, in the minority of her sonj is said to have brought forth these laws; but, as Milton, p. 32, has finely observed,-""not herself, for laws are masculine births, but by the advice of her sagest counsellors; else nothing more awry from, the law-of God and nature,, than that a woman should give laws to men:"--however, let their birth have been attributed to whatever source they might, since they were made under her auspices, and under her name, the deriv. of them may be found in the foregoing art. MARTIN, " et martelet, et martlet, est diminutivum nominis martin: Skinn."--which is derived abAgnf,Mars, unde Martinus: "Minshew, ingeniosius credo," continues the Dr. quam verius, hanc avem sic dictam putat, quod circa finem Martiic calidis regionibus ad nos advolat, et ante festum Sancli Martini avolat:"--this is like presenting kingjames's book on Saint James day: Welwood's Memoirs, p. 30. MART-IN GAL; half Sax. half Gr. a « Fr. Gall, martingall; Ital. martingnla; funiculus ad regendum equum: nefcio an a noltro mare; Sax. mæjie; equa, vel equus, et verbo in-kallen; ad vocare, feu revocare i. e. funis, quo equum ab effiiso curfu revocamus, et cohibemus: Skinn."--but surely even the Dr. might have seen that in-kallen was no more than a Sax. barbarism for in-calling; i. e. derived i KAtw, voco;...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 123174619X
- ISBN 13 9781231746196
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages542
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