Notes on the New English Dictionary 579 From this passage of the original charter it is clear that we can safely assume the existence of an OE. eit (eget egit) by the side of the more usual igafi, igod igd 'ait.' OE. eit 'ait' is recorded neither in the supplement to B.-T. nor in the second edition of Hall's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, nor has the Supplement to Bosworth-Toller availed itself of the opportunity to draw upon the original charter for its first quotation for berewic which it instances from the later copy printed in Kemble's Codex Diplo- maticus IV. 211. Observe also that the Supplement omits four words after habbe without indicating the omission by dots. OTTO B. SCHLUTTER. Daytona Beach, Florida, February 1919. p.s. While I was waiting for the page proof of this article, the long delayed volumes of Anglia and Beiblatt (1916-1919) came to hand. I see by them that of my contributions sent to the Editor some have not been so fortunate as to reach the editor, others have. Among these I notice articles on such sub- jects as the probability of assuming a native origin for OE. scinn (dealt with in the July number of this Journal)* and the trustworthiness of statements in the NEC with regard to Walter de Biblesworth, which statements I have examined in the light of additional proof submitted in the above NOTES on the NED. Objectionsto my view on OE. scinn have been raised by E. Bjork- man in Beiblatt of 1917, 314-15. My strictures of the reliability of the NED are referred to by W. Fischer in Beiblatt of March 1919, 63 in a way calculated to cause a wrong impression. Therefore I wish to state, I yield to none in the gratitude and admiration due to the stupendous work accomplished in the magnificent volumes of the NED. At the same time I believe it is the duty of the conscientious examiner to point out obvious shortcomings. What I have brought forward is only a sample of what I am prepared to show. As to Bjorkman's objections, I expect, in a special article, to deal more fairly with them as he has dealt with my material. I regret to learn from Professor Liden that he has fallen a victim to the terrible scourge of influenza. O. B. S.
- On page 376, line 7, from the bottom of this number read skinn instead
of skin.
