The Sources of Standard English/Index

by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant

INDEX.

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[English words and letters are here inserted in their most modern shape; thus which must be looked out, in order to find hwylc. In pursuance of this plan, I set down that a replaces œ, not that œ changes to a.]

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A	ADV
A, the Prefix, 15; it is clipped, 96	About to (standing for the Fu­ture), 194
— Replaces œ, 38, 43, 50, 57, 61, 73, 74, 88, 102	Above, 98, 130
	Abraham, Bishop, 335
— Replaces an in the Infinitive, 37, 43	Abroad (latè), 77, 291
	Abroad (foris), 291
— Replaces an in Nouns, 51	Ac, the Suffix, 247
— Replaces ân as the Article, 67, 69, 73	Accents, 32, 221, 222
	Accord, with one, 269
— Replaces e, 80, 148, 177, 274, 282, 283	According as, 269
	According to, 26, 280, 287
— Replaces ea, 37, 38, 43, 52, 54, 60, 73, 95	Acknowledge, 64, 300
	Acorn, 274
— Replaces ge, 44, 61	Acre, 3, 5
— Replaces i, 261	Across, 280
— Replaces o, 64, 70	Adam Bede, the Authoress of, 99. See Middlemarch
— Replaces of, 119, 261
— Replaces on, 27, 59, 64, 74, 88, 269, 317	Adder, 188
	Addison, 98, 149, 195, 252, 300, 312, 313, 317, 331, 338
— Replaces y, 261
— used as an Interjection, 100	Adjectival endings, 11, 12, 103, 130, 248
— standing for he, 192
— set before an adjective, 192	Adjectives, 7, 13, 22, 51, 59, 95, 277
A day or two, 194
Abaft, 26	— no longer agree in Number with Substantives, 52, 285
Aberdeenshire, 138, 146
Able, the Romance Suffix, 247, 275, 279	Ado, 283, 287, 291
	Adventure, 237

ADV	AN
Adventurer, 238	Alexander, the Romance of, 178-180, 188, 237, 241, 242, 256
Adverbial Genitive, 8
Adverbs, 7, 101, 192, 241	Alfred, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44-47, 51, 54, 68, 86, 87, 175, 215, 216, 217, 254, 259, 264, 268, 293
Advoutry, 292
Æ, replacing ea, 57, 61
— it disappears, 87, 91, 102, 112
	— his Proverbs, 91, 125, 126, 128, 141
— the Anglian diphthong, 353
Ælfric, 51, 67, 68, 85, 216	Alice, Queen, 218
Afar, 119	Alike, 129, 261
Affinity, 243, 301	Alison, 326
Afford, 83	Alive, 81, 126
Afore, 27, 194	All and some, 159
Afraid, 245, 292	All at once, 148
Aft, 26	All day long, 112
After, 7, 27	All one to me, 116
Aftermost, 7	All to pieces, 194
Again, 27, 91, 151, 285, 286	Allegro, the, 311
— in composition, 307	Alliterative Poetry, 33, 34, 233
Against, 71, 73, 264, 278, 290
Agatho, Pope, 61	Alms, 43, 220, 243
Age, the Romance Suffix, 246	Aloft, 64, 97
Aghast, 113	Alone, 101, 126
Agincourt, 276	Along, 27
Ago, 141	Aloof, 310
Agog, 105	Aloud, 179
Ai, the combination, 87	Already, 291
— replaces œ, 91	Also, 70
Ail, 274	Although, 85, 101
Ait, 113	Altogether, 75
Ajar, 80	Always, 193, 290
Al, the Anglian for eal, 37, 43, 52, 54, 73	Am, 8, 10, 36, 43, 61
	Amâsse, 63
— is prefixed, 73, 75, 85, 101	Amell (inter), 41
— is clipped in Scotland, 147	America, 27, 161, 292, 327, 330-333, 339. See United States
Al, the Suffix, 247
Alack, 222, 278	Amid, 118
Aland, 112	Amiss, 142
Alas, 222	Among, amongst, 48, 59, 290
Albeit, 85, 101, 118, 269, 287	An, the Article, 27, 89
Alcuin, 35	An, the Suffix, 247
Alderliefest, 60, 309	An, replacing agen, 57
Alderman, a Prince, 102	An, the Infinitive, clipped, 50, 52, 74
Aldgate, 69

ANA	AU
Analecta, Anglo-Saxonica, 71, 369	Article used after many, 112
Ance, the Suffix, 247	Arundel, Archbishop, 273
Ancren Riwle, the, 118-124, 127, 141, 155, 168, 221-226, 236, 241, 252, 265, 355	Aryan, 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 35, 51, 335, 337
	As (alse), 67, 70, 73, 82, 136, 142
Ande, the Northern Participle in, 9, 44, 62, 94, 125, 148, 165, 185, 276
	— standing for the Relative, 192
	As far as, 179
Andrew, St., 89, 220	As help me God, 275
Anent, 27, 120	As if, 100
Anger, 97, 301	As it were, 100
Angevin, 55, 79	As much as, 118
Angles, the, 19, 35, 41, 47, 50, 55, 56, 104, 180, 216	As oft as, 118
	As soon as, 185
Angli, 17	As though, 88
Anglian, 39, 52, 59, 258, 320, 355	As to this, 269
Anglo-Saxon, 63, 80, 369	As well, 177, 193
Anhungred, 179, 290	Ascham, 307
Anne, Queen of Richard II., 273	Ashore, 64
	Aside, 179
Anon, 88, 291, 302	Ask, axe, 26, 49, 104, 264, 290
Another (a corrupt form), 53, 59	Asleep, 74
Anthem, 223	Assemble, 129, 224, 300
Any, 57	Assumption of the Virgin, 174
Apology for the Lollards, 269	Asunder, 194
Architecture, 56, 180, 215, 235, 343	At, 3, 27, 32, 177, 302
	At all, 291
Ard, the Suffix, 247	At last, 112
Arderne, John, 234	At least, 118
Are, 10, 39, 49, 88, 91, 104, 115, 143, 165, 263, 278, 294, 312	At once, 118
	At one, 176, 302
Aright, 64	At part, 277
Ariosto, 274, 308	Ath, the Plural ending of the Present, altered, 49, 62, 63
Arise, 96
Armada, the, 309, 317	Athanasian Creed, Version of, in Lincolnshire, 136-139, 143, 147
Arnold, Dr., 327
Around, 26, 242	Athelstane, 239
Arrow, 274	Athens, 308, 313
Art (es), 43	Athirst, 261
Artemus Ward, 332	Athwart, 167
Arthur, King, 196, 217, 237	Ation, the Suffix, 247
Article, Definite, 29, 31, 57, 58, 89, 94, 113, 233	Ative, the Suffix, 247
	Atonement, 176
— Indefinite, 27, 28, 89	Au, the combination, 43, 79

AU	BES
Au replaces a, 121	Baste, 117
Auchinleck Romances, the, 252	Bâton, 117
Audlay, 124, 260, 282, 283	Baxter, 124, 281, 312
Aught, 101	Be, 4, 10, 12, 36, 61, 155
Augustine, St., 305	— the Prefix, 15
Awake, 96	Be, ben, buth (sunt), 61, 82, 104, 115, 256, 263, 278
Award, 275
Aware, 73	Beadle, 71
Away, 100	Bear, 4, 43
Awdry, St., 191	Bear the bell, 194
Awe, 70, 73	Bearing, 130
Awkward, 261	Beast, 148, 223
Axe, for ask, 49, 104	Because, 26, 242, 269
Aye, 12, 100, 130	Becket, 15, 69, 177, 239, 242
Ayenbite of Inwyt, 188, 208, 209, 262, 263, 284	Become (decere), bicumelic, 79, 82
Aytoun, 306	Become (fieri), 82
	Bed and board, 34
B inserted in a word, 74	Bede, 19, 35, 37, 46, 85, 217, 218, 268
— replaces g and k, 82, 117
	Bede (prayer), 189, 287
Backward, 261	Bedell, Bishop, 154, 310
Bacon, Lord, 289, 303, 308	Bedford, 45, 47, 162, 210
Bacon, Roger, 227, 233	Been (gewesen), 70, 73
Bad (malus), 176, 207; badder, 275	Before, 49, 98
	Beforehand, 118
Bad (jussit) 129	Beforesaid, 137
Backbiter, 121	Beggar, 122
Bære, old English adjectival ending, 11	Begotten, 143
	Behight, 164, 287, 301
Bag, 122, 188, 189	Belief, 78, 82, 117, 175
Bait, 169	Belike, 275
Bait, to, 255	Belittle, 82
Balder, 36, 176	Belly, 235
Baldness, 176	Belong, 105
Ball, 115	Below, 72, 186
Balliol, John, 176	Ben Jonson, 281
Ban, 92	Benedictines, the, 304
Baptim, baptism, 292	Beowulf, the 18, 27, 28, 30, 32, 47, 79, 216
Barclay, 280, 288
Barley, 64	Bequest, 167
Barnes, Mr., 33, 37, 260, 316	Berners, Lord, 288
Barrow, 177	Beseech, 80
Bask, 42	Besides, 85, 119, 179

BES	BRU
Best, 82	Bonden, 148, 161
Bestead, 191	Bondman (servus), 177, 275
Bestiary, the, 125-127, 131, 155, 163, 252, 254	Bondman (colonus), 177, 196, 258
	Bonny, 180
Bestir, 179	Book, 39, 85, 91, 128
Betimes, 130	Boon, 39
Betroth, 191	Booth, 97
Better, 4	Bo-peep, 294
Between, 49, 87	Born, 167
Betwixt, 59, 153	Boston, 191
Bewray, 179, 224, 287	Both (et), 31
Beyond, 49	Both (ambo) 3, 64, 67, 69, 70
Bible, the, 12, 30, 86, 116, 148, 183, 196, 199, 216, 221, 238, 265, 268, 269, 273, 280, 283, 288-306, 309, 310, 328, 341, 360, 361	Bother (amborum), 285
	Bother, 20
	Bought, 49
	Boulder, 169
	Bound, 97, 138
Bicker, 179	Bout, 170
Bid bedes, 189	Bow, 88, 147
Bidene, 100	Bowyer, 176, 247
Big, 169	Boy, 169
Billy Taylor, 161	Bradwardine, 239
Bind, 4, 160, 178	Brake, broke, 88, 126, 148
Bishop, 5, 88, 95	Brandan, St., 178
Black Prince, the, 258, 315	Bread, 71
Blackstone, 239, 240	Breast, 49, 95
Blair, 336	Brethren, 88, 102
Blame, to, 292	Bridegroom, 290
Blanchet, 236	Bridge, 223, 246, 286
Bleak, 169	Bright, 4, 26
Blimber, Miss, 15	Bright, Mr., 318, 319
Blink, 169	Bring about, 275
Blow, 43, 61, 79	Brink, 123
Blunt, 97	Bristol, 104, 207
Boast, 158, 250	Britain, 18, 19, 20, 46
Boastful, 191	British Museum, 196, 226, 285
Bodily, 102	Broad, 86
Body, 102, 177, 194	Brother, 4
Bogie, 154	Brother-in-law, 179
Bohemia, 48, 268, 360, 361	Brow, 4, 88, 147
Boil (pustula) 222	Browne, Sir Thomas, 311, 313
Bologna, 184, 245	Bruce, Robert, 202, 254
Bond (servus), 160, 161, 177, 185	Bruin, 287
Bondage, 185, 195, 246, 279	Brunanburgh, 46, 217

BRU	CER
Brunne, Robert of, (Manning), 136, 137, 182-202, 210, 211, 243-246, 250-252, 254, 256-259, 262, 269, 274, 277, 278, 281, 282, 285, 302, 307, 319	C, changed to ʓ at the end of a word, 103
	— replaces g, 136
	— sounded soft, 163, 219, 246, 290
Brunswick, 32, 34	Cabbage, 81
Brut, the, 111, 220, 226, 231	Cackle, 123
Bua, the Norse word, 42, 160, 161, 178	Cadmon, 28, 33, 35, 36, 37, 183, 258, 350
Bubble, 191	Cæsar, 17, 18, 54, 223
Buck, 187	Cake, 117
Bugbear, 154	Calvin, 300
Bull, 91, 97	Cambridge, 45, 125, 191, 202, 254, 264, 265, 289
Bummer, 339
Bunyan, 138, 287, 304, 311, 324, 336	Can, 10, 75, 190
	Canning, 342
Buonaventura, 227, 256	Cannot, 190
Burgh, borough, 57, 71, 75, 87, 287	Canterbury, 85, 209, 235, 253, 273, 331
Burghers, 49	Canute, 51
Burgoyne, Sir John, 238	Capgrave, 278, 279
Burke, 314, 338, 340, 341	Carle, 166
Burly, 126	Carline, 6
Burns, 315, 316	Carlyle, Mr., 223, 317
Burst out laughing, 194	Carp, to, 124
Bury, 287	Carpenter's Tools, poem on, 262
Bury St Edmunds, 92	Cart, 102
Bush, 131	Cases, confused, 44, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 94, 186
Busk, 42, 161
But, 53, 137, 193, 266, 280	Cast, 84
— its many meanings, 53	Castle, 69, 238
But and ben, 26, 27	Catch (bicatch), 79, 83, 105, 317
Butler, the poet, 312	Catchpole, 83, 219
Butler, the prose-writer, 325	Caterwaw, 275
Butt, to, 169	Catherine, St., Legend of, 117, 121
Buttock, 177	Cause why, 275
Buy, 147	Caxton, 127, 248, 277, 281, 284-288, 297, 307
Buyer, 87
Buzzard-clock, 63	Celts, 1, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 45, 46, 146, 216, 316
By, the Danish ending, 41, 94
By, 3, 15, 27, 74, 178	Celtic words in English, 19, 41, 83, 123, 151, 153, 154, 158, 179, 213. See Welsh, Irish
Bye and bye, 275
Byron, 34, 164, 274, 315
By-way, 261	Certain, 246, 266, 292, 312

CER	COM
Cervantes, 304	Children, childer, 49, 67, 70, 102, 185
Ch replaces c, 44, 52, 67, 69, 80, 85, 86, 88, 94, 95, 107, 112, 163, 184
	Chillingworth, 235
	Choice, 179
— replaces h, 49, 57, 71	Choose, 61, 67, 69, 105, 224
Chabbe, for I have, 207	Chough, 122, 264
Chaff, to, 122	Christianity, 16, 18, 20, 243
Chaffer, 121	Church, 80, 96
Chameleon, the, 89	Churchyard, the poet, 124
Champion, 221, 224, 238	Cinghiale, 40
Chancel, 244	Citizen, 70
Change from Old to New, 54, 55	City, 153
Changes in the meaning of En­glish words, 52, 53, 71, 73, 82, 83, 89, 90, 92, 97, 106, 107, 113-117, 119-121, 126, 131, 132, 151, 153, 161, 162, 169, 176, 177, 187-191, 201, 223, 248, 262, 282, 291, 294, 296	Ciullo d'Alcamo, 54
	Clack, 142
	Clad, 129
	Clapper, 123
	Clarendon, Lord, 312, 324
	Clarendon, Constitutions of, 239
	Clarify, 267
Chapman, 236, 302	Clatter, 117
Chapman, the Poet, 336	Clean (omnino), 116
Charity, lines on, 196-199, 219, 243	Clench, 142
	Clever, 126
Charlemagne, 35	Clink, 174
Charles I., 340	Clip, 97
Charles II., 122, 234	Clive, 5
Charles V., 317	Clock (an insect), 63
Charles the Bold, 283, 284	Clock, ten of the, 275
Charter, the, 93, 310	Cloke, 153
Chatter, 122, 124	Cloud, 152
Chaucer, 72, 123, 130, 131, 175, 195, 210, 230, 231, 241, 244, 246, 248, 252, 259, 261, 263, 265, 274-277, 280, 281, 283, 297, 300, 307, 316, 318, 319, 326, 335, 338	Clout, 142
	Clovis, 224
	Club, 114
	Club, to, 121
	Coat, 243
	Cobbett, 281, 317, 324, 343
Cheek, 88	Cobden, 339
Cheese, 74	Cocky, 92
Cheke, 306	Coft, he, 334
Chelmsford, 180	Cog, 142
Chester, 45, 207	Coleridge, 315
Chew, 89	Collier, 176, 211
Chicheley, Archbishop, 273	Colour of, under, 269
Chicken, 85, 112	Come, 74, 194

COM	DAN
Comely (bicumelic), 79, 82	Cox, Mr., 335
Comparatives of Adjectives, 7, 262, 279	Craftiose, 279
	Cramp, 142
Comparison of Adjectives, with most and more, 121, 154, 241, 264	Cranmer, 268, 300, 304, 307
	Creep, 43
	Cress, 26
Conclude, to, 332	Cressy, 260, 263, 311
Conjunctions, newly formed, 74, 192	Cripple, 117
	Crock, 85
Conqueror, the (William I.), 55, 69. See William I.	Cromwell, 27, 247
	Crook, 90, 97
Conquest, Norman, 27, 29, 30, 99, 216, 320. See Norman	Crop, to, 122
	Cross, 64, 223, 229, 310
Considering this, 269	Crossway, 310
Consonants, interchange of, 26, 44, 49, 99, 102, 103, 106	Crouse, 169
	Crown, 162, 185, 221
— cast out in the middle of a word, 53, 57, 62, 88, 103, 105, 112, 126, 129, 142, 147, 150, 153, 164, 190, 191, 193, 256, 261, 266, 274	Cruelty, 222, 294
	Cry, 224
	Crysten (Christian), 292, 296
	Cuckold, 142
	Cudgel, 123
Contrāry, 222	Cup, 43
Contrast to the East Midland, 67, 77, 110, 134, 140, 145, 157, 173	Cur, 123
	Curl, 179
	Curse, 26
Conybeare, 34, 79	Cursor Mundi, the, 265
Cooke, Mr., 154	Cut, 115
Cookery, words of, 239	Cut to pieces, 30
Cool, 39
Copperfield, David, 28	D, added to n, l, r, s, 25, 26, 129, 143, 148, 150
Cornish, 306
Cost, 123	— dropped in the middle and at the end of a word, 166, 266, 274
Cough, 4, 137, 138, 211
Could (cuthe), 75, 128, 138, 190, 282, 290
	— replaces th, 264
Country-house, 150	Dab, 179
County-court, 244	Daft, 103
Coup d'état, 339	Daily Telegraph, 289, 307, 327, 340
Coverdale, 293
Coverley, Sir Roger de, 98	Dalziel, 70
Cow, 3	Danelagh, the, 60, 61, 62, 87, 96, 118, 132, 156, 163, 165, 180, 182, 245, 279, 286
Cower, 179
Cowley, 281, 312, 363
Cowper, 98, 166, 169	Danes, Danish (see Scandinavian,

DAN	DOW
Norse), 18, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 51, 55, 56, 62, 70, 83, 89, 93, 94, 98, 105, 113, 114, 122, 123, 162, 163, 165, 166, 169, 216, 223, 255, 259, 260, 301, 320, 343, 346	Devonshire, 141, 254, 278
	Dew, 82
	Dickens, 84
	Did, 8, 10, 16, 164, 190, 193
	Diddle, 33
	Die, 97
Dano-Anglian, 48, 64, 184, 255, 265, 321. See East Midland	Dike, 95, 127
	Ding, 169
Dante, 211, 274, 304, 310, 311, 319	Dingle, 124
	Dirt, 169
Dare, 4, 10	Dis, the Romance Prefix, 247, 287
Dasent, Mr., 113, 176	Disciple, 220
Dash, 114, 160, 161	Dislike, 266
Dash it, 141	Distrust, 287
Dative Singular, 58	Disworship, 287
— Plural, 14, 15, 44, 51, 58, 59, 130	Ditch, 80, 95, 127
	Dizzy, 262
— Reflexive, 30, 119	Do, 4, 10, 36, 40, 131, 290, 302
— it replaces the Accusative, 44, 52, 58	— used as an auxiliary, 30, 190, 193
Daughter, 4, 50, 138	— prefixed to the Imperative, 30, 122
Davie, Adam, the Poet, 209, 257, 263
	— used instead of repeating a previous Verb, 31
Davies, Sir John, 309
Day, 3, 4, 57, 85	Do their best, 177
D'Azeglio, 339	Do to death, 194
De, the Romance, 29, 266	Dog, 122
De Machlinia, 288	Dolt, 92
Dead as a dorenail, 261	Dom, the Suffix, 15, 248
Deal, 21	Dombey, 15
Debtor, 269	Donald, 26
Deep, 95	Doncaster, 47, 94
Deer, 22, 95	Done (finished), 191
Defile, 224, 292, 296	Doom, 39, 44
Definite Adjective, 13, 22, 51, 59, 95	Doomsday Book, 42
Defoe, 312, 329, 344	Door, 4, 21
Defy, 180	Dorset, 33, 37, 51, 61, 69, 114, 115, 118-124, 136, 141, 207, 255, 260, 316
Deliver, 269
Demaus, Mr., 289
Demonstratives, 23, 94	Double forms in English, 52, 88, 89, 96, 117, 120, 127, 128, 194, 299
Der, the Aryan Suffix, 6
Derby, 41, 45, 47, 94, 99, 104, 165
	Douay Bible, 302
Deuce, 170	Down, to, 151, 314

DOW	EAS
Downright, 147, 185	E, replaces a, 39, 43, 71, 143
Drag, 128	— replaces œ, 39, 50, 57, 61, 67, 69, 71, 74, 82, 102
Drake, 167, 168
Draught, 114	— replaces ea, 43, 61, 88, 261
Draw, 84, 126, 128	— replaces eo, 43, 49, 50, 61, 95, 129, 261
Drawbridge, 179
Dray, 128	— replaces i, 68, 74, 87, 136
Dreadful, 122	— replaces o, 50, 59, 61
Dream, 131, 255	— replaces u, 86, 121
Dreg, 152	— replaces y, 43, 49, 68, 71, 88
Drench, 95	— a letter popular in the South­east of England, in the middle of a word, 68
Drink, 95
Drive, 121, 275
Drivel, 116	— popular in the North, 175
Droop, 116	— omitted at the end of a word, 310
Drought, 102, 127
Drove, 88	Ea, retained in Dorset and the South, 33, 37, 116, 175, 223, 260
Drummond, 306
Drunkenness, 248
Dry, 50, 88	— replaces œ, 52, 80, 116, 118
Dryden, 124, 304, 305, 312, 313, 344	— replaces eo, 39, 49, 59, 85
	— replaces y, 40, 49
Dual Number, 7, 23, 37	Each, 60, 73, 78, 81, 86, 100, 166, 184, 266
— — is dropped, 166
Duck, 168, 212	Eadred, 46, 47
Duck, to, 179	Eagre, the, 42
Dunbar, 231, 297	Ear, to (arare), 2, 12, 301
Durham, 146, 203, 331	Earl, 102
During, 26, 269	Earle, Mr., 34, 56, 138, 190, 284
Dusk, 122	Early English Text Society, the, 165, 174, 196, 320, 370
Dutch, the, 18, 286
— words akin to English, 63, 64, 75, 82, 90, 92, 100, 105, 106, 115, 116, 117, 123, 131, 142, 152, 161, 169, 170, 174, 177, 211, 213. See Friesland, Fri­sian	Earthly, 105
	Earthly Paradise, the, 319
	Ease, 224
	Easily, 104
	East Anglia, 19, 41, 42, 45, 52, 55, 62, 91, 127, 128, 129, 137, 142, 166, 182, 190, 194, 269, 278, 310, 353
Dwell, 97
Dwindle, has d inserted in the middle, 26
	East Midland, the, 55-66, 68, 70-77, 81, 87, 92-110, 115, 122, 125-133, 142-145, 155-167, 162-174, 254, 256, 257, 259, 263, 268, 271, 285, 304
E, its sound is represented in many ways, 175

EAS	ERY
East Midland, the Shibboleths of, 62, 63, 147	Ember days, 121
	Empress, 219, 222
Easy, 50, 130, 153, 279	Empty, 121
Ed, the ending of the Past Parti­ciple, clipped, 82, 83	En, the Romance Prefix, 245, 247
	— the Plural Ending of Nouns, 22, 67, 70, 102, 167
Eden, Miss, 168
Edge, to, 95	— the Possessive Feminine Suffix, 6
Edgeworth, Mr., 332
Edinburgh, 146, 260	— the Suffix akin to Greek, 11
— Review, the, 317	— the Adjectival Ending, 15, 129
Edmund the Archbishop, 154, 231	— the new Ending of the Infini­tive, 74, 108, 263
— the Martyr, 52, 60, 92, 353
Edward, the son of Alfred, 44, 45, 46	— the Ending of the Strong Verb's Participle Passive, 9, 24
Edward the Confessor, 61, 216, 235
	— the new Midland Ending of the Plural of the Present Tense, 62, 63, 125, 143, 147, 156, 162, 165, 256, 263, 281
Edward I., 7, 162, 165, 166, 174, 182, 183, 186, 196, 209, 233, 236, 238, 257, 258
Edward II., 273	End, 3
Edward III., 260, 261, 263, 276	Ende, the ending of the Active Participle, 24, 25, 62, 63, 91, 94, 113, 115, 125, 269
Edward IV., 283, 284
Edward VI., 301
Ee, the Suffix, 247	Endings, Aryan, 5, 6, 11, 12
Ee, replaces e, 116, 148, 175	— Romance, 246, 247
Een, the Irish Suffix, 247	— Teutonic, 15
Eer, the Suffix, 247	Endure (harden), 267
Egg, to, 95	Engine, 301
Ei, replaces œ, 57, 80, 179	English, speech of the West Saxons, 36
— — ea, 85
Eight, 85	— Pale in Ireland, 206
Eke, 43, 88	Enhaunce, 267
El, the Suffix, 15, 85	Enlighten, 106, 150, 247
Elasticity, 337	Ennui, 338
Elbow, 85	Enough, 71, 73, 80, 85
Eldest, 129	Enquire, 280
Eleven, 12, 13, 49, 112	Ensaumple, 269, 280
— Pains of Hell, the, 251	Enter, 267, 269
Elizabeth, 184, 186, 308, 325	Environ, 267
Ellis's letters, 276	Equal, egal, 275
Else, 11	Er, the Suffix, 15, 176
Ely, 154, 191	Erasmus, 294
Em, short for hem (illis), 44, 58, 88	Erin, 2, 30
	Ery, the Suffix, 247

ES	FLA
Es replaces eth in Verbs, 49, 50, 136, 143, 148, 156, 165, 185	Exinanite, 302, 304
	Eye, 20, 40, 85, 95
Es, the ending of the Genitive Singular, 5, 49, 50, 51, 94
— (= as) the ending of the Nomi­native Plural, 5, 39, 43, 49, 51, 59, 166, 256	F replaces k and g, 13, 137, 138
	— lost in the middle of a word, 53, 142, 190
— the old ending of the Second Person Singular of the Pre­sent, 8, 26, 148, 165, 185	Faery Queen, the, 308, 318
	Fair, 91; fair and free, 161
	Faith, 132
— the Northern ending of the Present Plural, 62, 63, 282	Falcandus, 54
	Fall, 13, 26, 333
Ese, the Suffix, 247	Falter, 142
Esque, the Suffix, 247	Far, 3, 148, 282
Ess, the Feminine Suffix, 247, 268	— and wide, 159
	— be it, 291
Essex, 19, 41, 45, 47, 55, 69, 75, 87, 91, 137, 147, 154, 175, 182	Fare, 43, 168
	Farquhar, 124
Essex Homilies, the, 86-91, 105, 117, 136, 149, 220, 236, 256	Fast, the Suffix, 15
	Father, 4, 6, 49, 51, 290
Esthonia, 73	Fawn, to, 120
Et, the Suffix, 247	Fearful, 116
Eth, the Southern ending of the Present Plural, 62, 63, 263, 295	Fed, 129
	Feeble, 87
	Feed, 43, 88
Ethel, 343	Fellow, 42
Ethelred, 86	Feminine Gender, 6, 97, 268
Eton, 113, 187, 277, 323, 335, 337	Fetch, 80, 107
	Few, 43, 59, 88, 290
Eu, replaces eow, 74, 88; a French sound, 220	Fib, 117
	Fielding, 344, 346
Evangelise, 267	Fiend, 43, 87
Even, in composition, 98, 266	Fight, 95, 147
Ever, 12, 57, 71, 81, 130	File, 170
Evermore, 81, 250	Find, found, 164
Every, 53, 73, 81, 143	Fine, 126
Every one, 130	Finsborough, battle of, 18
Ever-ywhere, 118	Fire, 68, 128; fire-iron, 178
Evil, 71	Fish, 26, 88
Exacerbate, 338	Fit, 142
Exam, 331	Five, 25
Exceedingly, 291	— Danish Burghs, 45, 47
Except, 26	Flail, 102
Exeter, 278	Flash, 124

FLA	G
Flat, 213, 224	Fourscore, 149
Flea, 116	Fowl, 86, 126
Fled, 131	Fox, Mr., 344
Flee, 32, 113	Fox, 6
Flew, 113	Frail, 224, 299
Fling, 179, 317	France, 46, 80, 83, 121
Flit, 97	Francis, St., 226, 230
Flog, 84	Franciscans, the, 226-235, 241, 248-250, 256, 257, 265, 296, 305
Flow, 4, 113
Floyd, 84
Flutter, 174	Frederick II., the Emperor, 222, 319
Fly, 32
Foal, 11	Freeman, Mr., 342
Foe, 185	French. See Chapter IV.
Fold, the Suffix, 15	Fresh, 103
Follow, 52, 80, 87, 121, 127	Friday, 88
Font, 91	Frideswide, 208, 343
Fool of myself, 223	Friend, 87, 95
Foot, 22, 148	Friesland, Frisian, 17, 37, 111
Footman, 179	Fright, 128
For (pro), 3, 27, 82, 170, 279	Frisian words akin to English, 64, 72, 90, 92, 115, 225. See Dutch
— (enim), 71, 73
— the Prefix, 11, 15, 16
— evermore, 148	Fro, fra, 64, 96, 125, 142
— to, 60	Froissart, 288
Forasmuch, 177, 192	From, 3, 39, 64
Forby, 99	— far, 148
— Mr., 124	— wicked to worse, 194
Fordo, 11, 16, 279	Froude, Mr., 317
Fore, the Prefix, 15, 98, 231	Fruitful, 152
Forefather, 261	Ful, the Suffix, 15, 116, 122, 186
Forefeet, 178
Foresaid, 191	— in composition, 98
Former, 7	Fulke, 302, 305
Forsooth, 91, 337	Fuller, 183
Fortescue, 281	Fulsome, 103
Forþam, 31	Furnival, Mr., 182
Forthright, 101	Furthermore, 159
Forthwith, 101	Fussy, 103, 304
Fortnight, 81	Future Tense, the, 12, 29
Forward, 99
Foul, 103
Foundling, 150	G, the hard, 26, 67, 70, 87, 95, 127, 283, 285, 286
Four, 13, 59, 85, 138

G	GOD
G, dropped at the end of a word, 50, 57, 61, 82	137, 162, 170, 177, 196, 234, 238, 242, 253, 314, 315, 320, 330, 339, 343. See High, Low
— dropped in the middle of a word, 104
— is softened, 223, 246, 286	German words akin to English, 115, 124, 126, 131, 142, 174, 176, 178, 179, 211, 213
Gaed (ivit) 11, 74, 88
Gaelic, 26, 247
Gain, the Prefix, 15, 151	Gerundial Infinitive, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 189
Gain, 97, 116
Gainest, the, 97	Get, 95, 286
Gainsay, 151	Gevenlike, 127
Gallop, 19	Gewgaw, 124
Gander, 3	Gh, replaces g and c, 74, 87, 147, 179, 185
Gang, 12
Ganges, 2, 5, 314	— — h, 57, 136, 137
Gangway, 5	Ghastly, 113
Gar, 105, 165	Ghost, 69
Gardiner, Bishop, 293	Ghostly, 113
Garibaldi, 54	Gibbon, 1, 252, 289, 312, 313 316, 318, 343, 344, 365
Garnett, 1, 18, 19, 38, 94, 165
Gash, 223	Giggle, 123
Gaskell, Mrs., 96	Gin, 93, 97, 301
Gat, 148, 185	Giraldus Cambrensis, 254
Gate, 49, 95, 97, 163, 250, 286	Gird, 113
Gatryke, 272	Girl, 179
Gaul, 17, 18, 326, 331	Give, 58, 95, 283, 290
Gave, 164	Gladstone, Mr., 277, 318
Ge, the Prefix, dropped, 38, 89, 43, 49, 52, 61, 62, 88, 126	Glare, 175
	Glee, 87, 176
— sounded, 119	Glendower, 276
Gear, 154	Glint, 131
Gehaten, 61, 94	Gloucester, Robert of, 175-178, 190, 207, 226, 234, 240, 241, 247, 252, 258
Geld, 117
Genesis and Exodus, the, 125, 127-134, 136, 143, 252, 278
	Gloucestershire, 49, 124, 179, 192, 206, 259, 275, 288, 290, 294, 297
Genitive, the, 5, 8, 29, 49, 50, 51, 60, 68, 94, 145, 309. See Par­titive
	Gnash, 152
Geniture, 289	Go, 4, 10
Gentleman, 92	Go out, of fire, 121
Gentlewoman, 223	Go thy way, 194
George III., 32, 327	Go to pot, 294
German, 5, 10, 17, 18, 26, 32, 46, 48, 51, 63, 70, 98, 107,	God forbid, 291
	God wot, 163, 165

GOD	HAT
Godward, to, 130	H replaces g, 50
Godwine, 219, 238	— wrongly set at the beginning of a word, 67, 69, 92, 143, 333
Golden, 129
Good, 22, 33, 91, 251
Goodman, 175, 301	Hacking, 150
Goose, 3, 22, 25	Had, 70, 73, 178
Gossip, 274	Hag, 123
Gothic, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 28, 60, 70, 79, 87, 102, 113, 138, 192, 266, 369	Haigh, Mr., 36
	Hail, 33, 106
	Hale (sanus), 4, 33, 52, 128, 189
Gower, 248, 259, 275
Goyts, 151, 224	Hale (ducere), 115
Gramercy, 245	Hales, Alexander, 227
Grass, 26, 88	Hales, Thomas of, 230
Grasshopper, 102	Halflings, 101
Grave, the Poem, 71	Halfpence, 121
Greedy, 4	Hali Meidenhad, the, 117, 118
Greek, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 18, 26, 28, 31, 82, 98, 121, 179, 192, 223, 267, 289, 293, 294, 295, 299, 301, 314, 328, 336, 347	Hall, Bishop, 304, 345
	Hallam, Mr., 253, 326
	Halter, 142
	Hamlet, 167
Greens, 150	Hampole, 149, 203, 252, 261
Gregory I., Pope, 87, 220	Hand, 111, 162, 290
Grey, 117, 118	Handlyng Synne, the, 182-202, 207, 248, 250, 256, 261, 265, 274
Griddle, 123
Grime, 169
Grimm's Law, 4	Handmaiden, 150, 186
Grin (laqueus), 301	Handy, 114
Griskin, 4, 123	Hap, 114, 151, 191, 194, 266
Groom, 122	Haply, 266
Guess, 174	Happen, 114
Guest, Dr., 184	Happy, 114, 213
Guildford, Lord, 222	Hare, Archdeacon, 9
Guilt, 68, 81, 136, 287	Hare, Augustus, 334
Gun, 179, 180	Harlot, 123
Guts, 234, 251	Harold, 216, 263
Gyves, 115	Harrow, 261, 274
	Harrowing of Hell, the, 89, 162-164, 201, 206, 232, 252, 256
H answers to the Sanscrit and Latin k or c, 3, 99	Hast, 105, 148, 185
	Haste, 92, 224
— disappears at the beginning of a word, 39, 44, 52, 59, 130, 136, 166, 184, 333	Hastings, battle of, 52, 55, 217, 218, 219, 263, 301
	Hatch, 142

HAT	HOM
Hath, 70	Herebefore, 193
Hatred, 71	Herebert, 261
Hatton Gospels, the, 86	Hereford, 155, 157, 158, 162, 184, 205, 206
Haul, 115
Have, 61, 62, 105, 125, 162, 189, 263	— the writer, 268, 269
	Hereward, 55, 56
Have done, 194	Herodotus, 68
Havelok, the, 159, 165-173, 190, 217, 237, 239, 252, 253, 256	Hest, 82
	Hethen (hinc), 88, 165
Hawes, 280, 288, 297, 299	Hickes, 139
Hawk, 152, 185	Hide, 61, 106
Hay, 85, 147	Higden, 147
Hazard, Mr., 325	High German, 13, 14, 28, 63, 105, 115, 116, 117, 126, 150, 169, 255
He, 24
Head, 59
Head, the Suffix, 15	High horse, the, 179
Headlong, 179, 290	Highest, 147
Heal, 52, 116	Highness, 85
Hear, 49	Hight (gehaten), 8, 61, 94
Hearken, 287	Hightest, tu (the corrupt), 127
Hearne, 175, 301	Him, the Dative Singular, 24, 58
Heart, 4, 49
Heave, 90, 105	— the Corrupt Accusative, 58
Hebrew, 289, 295, 302, 318	— hem, heom, ham (illis), the Dative Plural, 24, 52, 58, 96
Hell-fire, 145, 309
Helped, 292, 309	— the Corrupt Accusative, 44, 52, 58, 94, 278, 285, 288
Hemp, 169
Hence, 50, 153	His, 24
Hending, Proverbs of, 158, 262	— where we now use its, 302
Hengist, 63, 186, 224, 301, 345	Hit, 114
Henry I., 15, 57, 61, 62, 71, 79	Hither, 290
Henry II., 86, 239	Ho (quis). See Who
Henry III., 125, 155, 183, 226, 237, 241	Hoarse, 4, 150
	Hoast, 150
Henry VI., 187, 277, 281	Hobble, 161
Henry VIII., 211, 295, 299, 312	Hog, 179
Heo, 24, 96, 165, 206, 282	Hohenstaufens, 253
Her, the Genitive and Dative of heô, 24	Hold, 24, 61, 129
	Hold (castle), 160
— the corrupt Accusative, 58	Hollow, 142
— = hira (illorum), 24, 94, 96, 285, 288	Holy, 296
	Homer, 11, 29, 343
Herbs, 292	Homilies, the Old English, 67-71, 73, 74, 77-84, 98, 112,
Here and there, 178

HON	IND
120, 124, 130, 136, 217, 220. See Essex	I replaces g, 57, 58, 70, 85, 87
	— — e, 261
Honour, 219, 330	— — ea, 61, 85
Hood, 137	— — eo, 49, 59, 85, 95
Hood, the punster, 33	— — u, 60, 162
Hooker, 308, 324	— — in, 70
Hoot, 106	— — y, 61, 74
Horace, 345	I, the Pronoun, 23, 43, 44, 73, 96, 162, 163, 256, 263
Horn, King, 174, 237, 253, 256
Horne, Parson, 314	I dare say, 193
Horse, 21	Iac, the Suffix, 247
— its corrupt Plural, 112, 150, 309	Ic, the Suffix, 247
	Ical, the Suffix, 247
Hot, 111	Icelandic, 18, 42, 105, 114, 116, 117, 121, 122, 123, 126, 131, 152, 153, 169, 170, 275. See Danes, Norse, Scandinavian
House, with Corrupt Plural, 59, 138
Housel, 294
Household, 264	Ie replaces e, 49, 68, 87, 175
How, 91	— — ea, 71
Howbeit, 287	Ier, the French Suffix, 176, 247
How so ever, 118	If, 81
Hubba, 64	If so be that, 269, 287
Huckster, 97	Ilca (quisque), 60, 100, 143, 159, 185
Huge, 92
Hugger-Mugger, 294	Ilk (idem), 31, 101, 102, 186, 266
Hull, 136, 181
Humber, the, 35, 38, 47, 62, 94, 143, 159, 166, 242, 261	Ill, 97
	Illaudable, 325
Humbug, 331	Immediately, 242, 291
Hume, 317, 343	Immortality, 107
Humphrey, Duke, 277, 280	Imperative, the, 9, 24, 25, 29, 50, 122, 148, 155, 158, 165, 185, 265, 269
Hundred, 50, 59
Hungary, 258, 339
Huntingdon, 156, 184	Impersonal Verbs, 245
— Henry of, 217	In, instead of on, 50
Hurl, 123	In midst of, 148
Husband (paterfamilias), 160	In, the Latin, 279, 302
Husbandman, 160	Inasmuch as, 192, 193
Hustings, 114	Incer, the Dual, 23, 166
	Incle, the Suffix, 11
	Incog, 331
I replaces œ, 261	Inde, the Southern Active Par­ticiple in, 62, 67, 69, 91, 113 115
— ge, 40, 43, 44, 50, 52, 69, 71, 91

IND	K
Indeed, 193	It was a, &c., 122, 168
Indefinite Adjective, 13, 22, 51, 59, 95	It, strange use of (for there), 150
	Italian, the, 47, 54, 86, 184, 211, 230, 238, 253, 274, 319, 323, 346
Indefinite Agency, 30
Ine, the Suffix, 6
Inferno, the, 211	Italy, 16, 18, 35, 45, 46, 54, 222, 226, 227, 228, 263, 293, 304, 314, 339, 347
Infinitive, the, 9, 24, 25, 108
— it has to prefixed, 30
— it is clipped, 37, 43, 44, 49, 50, 52, 61, 74, 263	Ite, the Suffix, 247
	Its, 186, 309
Inflections, 5, 14, 94	Ity, the Suffix, 247
— Danish influence on, 47, 48, 50, 51, 61	Ive, the Suffix, 247
	Iwis, 121
— pared away, 278, 281, 283, 321	Ize, the Suffix, 267
Ing, the Suffix, 15
— replaces inde in the Participle Active, 113, 174, 185, 269, 276	J, first appearance of the sound in English, 219
	Jame, 220
— replaces ung, 60	James I. of Scotland, 276
Inger, the Suffix, 247	— — of England, 170
Innocent III., 221	James II., 122, 305
Instead of, 119	Jar, on the, 80
Interjections, 32, 101, 194, 287	Jaw, to, 89, 117
Interpreted, that is, 269	Jeremy, 220
Interview, to, 332	Jerome, St, 293, 295
Intil, 166	Jesuits, 305
Ipswich, 19, 47, 64	Jesus Manuscript, the, 154
Iran, 2	Jewry, 223, 280
Ire, 152, 163, 185, 224, 301	Jews, 220
Ireland, 35, 53, 206, 207, 306, 309, 310, 315	John, King, 216, 220, 234, 255
	Johnson, Dr., 151, 279, 281, 289, 311, 313, 314, 315, 327, 335, 343
Irish, the, 20, 30, 48, 74, 104, 154, 167, 234, 247, 276, 318, 327, 328, 334, 341, 346
	Johnston, 295
Irk, 131, 250	Jolly, 244
Irregular Verbs, 9, 10	Jowl, 126
Is, the auxiliary Verb, 4	Judith, the, 36, 47
Is, Norse for sum, es, est, 148	Junius, 187
Ish, the suffix, 11, 247, 248	Justice, 74, 170, 219
Island, 128	Jutes, 19
Isle, 150, 285
Ism, the Suffix, 247	K, akin, to f, 138
Ist, the Suffix, 247	— answering to the South­ern c, 37, 43, 44, 57, 74, 112
It, 24, 73

K	LAT
K coupled with c, 85	L, its interchange with n, 106, 245
— turns to t, 176
— loss of, in made and ta'en, 129, 153, 185, 256	— inserted in a word, 121, 123, 213
Kaiser, 46, 223	— wrongly inserted in could, 290
Kemble, Mr., 36, 92, 111	— thrown out, 279
Kemp, Archbishop, 278	— replaces r, 33
Kent, 19, 20, 39, 68, 69, 87, 94, 150, 164, 175, 208, 226, 232, 233, 256, 259, 286	Lack, 131
	Lad, 169
	Lady, 190
Keogh, Mr. Justice, 327	— her influence on English, 235, 236
Kesteven, 191, 201
Key, 57	Lady-day, 145, 309
Kid, 97	Laid, 58
Kildare, Michael of, 207, 276	Lair, 88
Kill, 262, 290	Lake, 116, 224
Kin (genus), 4, 128, 162	Lancashire, 63, 70, 96, 102, 138, 204, 259, 262
Kind, the Suffix, 15,
Kind (natural), 187	Lancaster, Duke of, 273
Kindle, 97	Lancastrian, 280
Kindred, 129	Lancelot, Sir, 280
— words in French and English, Table of, 224	Lanercost Chronicle, the, 123
	Lanfranc, 68
Kine, 102, 179, 188, 287	Langland, 252, 259, 262, 297
King, 4	Langtoft, 258
Kingcraft, 303	Lanky, 91
Kingdom, 143	Lapland, 11, 73
Kinglake, Mr., 337	Large, 219, 223
Kirk, 96, 186	Lark, alauda, 261
Kirkyard, 72, 96	Lark, ludere, 168
Kiss, 126	Lass, 169
Kitchen, 112	Last, 81, 112
Knaresborough, 281, 282	Late, 120
Knave, 81, 82	Later, 120
Kneel, 88, 105	Latest, 81, 112
Knight, to, 174	Latham, Dr., 183
Knight, his influence on English, 235, 237-239	Latin, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 40, 47, 53, 54, 55, 100, 122, 152, 155, 185, 220, 227, 234, 237, 266, 275, 283, 289, 292, 295, 297, 299, 807, 321-348
Knocks, 70, 204
Knot, 12
Know, 4, 5, 39, 95, 185
Knox, 306
Koran, 303
Ky, 188	Latin words brought here by

LAT	LOO
Christianity, 20, 93, 103, 240, 304	Leʓʓe, the Norse ending, 96
	Liar, 50, 82
Latin words, too grand to be Englished, 293	Liber de Antiquis Legibus, 136
	Lice, 22
Latter, 120	Lichfield, 102
Laugh, 121, 179, 287	Lick, 4, 84
Laughter, 185	Lie, 49, 62, 87
Law, 71, 80, 224. See Brother-in-Law	Lief, 87, 286, 318
	Light, 39, 59
Law (a hill), 41	Lighten, 185
Lawyer, 176, 235, 239, 240, 290	Lightening, 191
Lay, 58, 87, 95, 191	Lika, the Lithuanian, 13
— for jacere 164	Like, the Suffix, 6
Layamon, 93, 110-117, 136, 150, 153, 161, 174, 184, 185, 220, 221, 226, 231, 241, 246, 252, 256, 262, 276	— its Adverbial use, 31
	Likewise, 287, 291
	Lincoln, 41, 42, 45, 62, 63, 94, 136, 143, 147, 151, 164, 165, 182-185, 188, 189, 192, 202, 211, 284
Leap, 106
Lear, King, 110, 111, 207, 260, 308
	Lincolneers, 247
Learn, 95	Lindisfarne Gospels, the, 48, 57, 362
Least, 116
Leather, 16	Ling, the Suffix, 15
Led, 74, 95	Lion, 220
Leech, 80, 95, 233-235, 315	Lithuanians, 12, 13, 138
Leeds, 260	Lives of Saints, 177, 232
Left (lœvus), 78, 82	Livy, 327
Leg, 153	Lloyd, 84
Leghorn, 138	Lo, 101, 121
Leicester, 41, 45, 47, 165, 184	Loadstar, 191, 212
Leland, 290	Loaf, 167
Leman, 129	Loan, 121
Lend, lent, 261, 290	Locate, 325
Less, the Suffix, 15	Lollards, the, 86, 269, 272, 280, 282
Lest, 78, 81
Let (obstare), 302, 337	London, 45, 51, 57, 69, 73, 99, 112, 136, 147, 156, 184, 188, 210, 237, 249-254, 256, 257, 259, 263, 274-279, 283, 284, 286, 289, 308, 321, 346, 361
Let (permisit), 74, 290
Let, the Suffix, 247
Let, replaces the Old Impera­tive, 29, 158
Lever, his Sermons, 361	London town, 194
Levin, 131	Long, 40, 69, 335
Lewd, 282	Loose, 4, 120
Lewes, 158, 176, 177, 237	Loot, 339

LOR	MER
Lord, 52, 59, 194, 256	Man, 4, 162
Lord, to, 151	Man, its Plural, 22
Lording, 129, 164, 201	Man = one, 28, 60, 155, 193
Lost, 175, 189	Mandeville, 196, 210, 262-265, 275, 278, 368
Lot, 82
Loth, 128	Mane, 179
Lothian, 51, 124	Mankind, 87, 143
Louer, the French, 32	Manner, 219, 220, 244
Loughborough, 138	Manning. See Brunne, Robert of
Loup, 106, 166	Many, followed by an, 112, 164, 185
Louring, 142
Love, 3, 16, 25, 58, 61, 126	Marble, 220
Low, 72	March, Dr., 28, 29, 330, 336, 370
Low German, 13, 39, 84, 105, 123, 175, 179, 255, 306	Margaret, St., Legend of, 84, 115-118
Lower, to, 72	Marie, her Lays, 228
Lucera, 245	Marisco, Adam de, 227, 228
Luck, 214, 275, 287	Mark, 113
Ludlow, 283, 284	Markisesse, 275
Lukewarm, 90	Marquis, 275
Lurk, 152	Marsh, Mr., 216, 294, 303, 330, 341
Luther, 300, 306
Ly, the Suffix. See Like	Mary, 220
Lych-gate, 102	Mate (maca), 95, 176
Lycidas, the, 311	Matrimony, form of, 271, 272
Lydgate, 276, 278, 297	Matthew, St., 83, 86, 220
	Matthew Paris, 195, 231
M, the Suffix of First Person Present 36	Mattock, 246
	May, 10, 49, 58, 87, 129
— cast out of the middle of a word, 261	Mayest, 91
	Mazed, 122
Ma, the Aryan Suffix to Roots, 5	M'Crie, Dr., 316
— the Aryan Suffix of Superla­tives, 7	Me, 23, 60
	Me Lord, 287
Macaulay, Lord, 121, 252, 300, 303, 316	Mead, 6
	Mean, 74, 116
Macedoyne, 180	Means, 275, 278
Mackenzie, 70	Mean time, 262, 278
Made, 129, 256	Meditaciuns on the Soper, 196, 256
Maiden, 11, 87
Majesty, 153, 246	Meek, 90
Mall, Dr., 162, 163	Melibœus, tale of, 326
Mallory, 280, 281, 319	Ment, the Roman Suffix, 247
Malvern, Abbot, 298	Merchant, 236

MER	NEA
Mercia, 19, 41, 45, 47, 48, 55, 68, 94, 142, 143, 162, 180, 260	Most replaces the Superlative, 121, 264
Mercy, 219	Mother, 4, 290
Mesh, 142	Mouldy, 122
Messer, 222	Mountbenjerlaw, 41
Mest, replaces the older ma, 7	Mouse, mice, 3, 22
Mete, 32	Mowed (wrong), 309
Mi, Verbs in, 4, 8, 10, 13, 36	Much, 7, 67, 70, 71, 78, 81, 86, 137, 163, 166, 184, 185, 266
Mid (cum), 107, 163, 256
Middle Voice, 29, 42	Muck, 131
Middlemarch, 229	Mulberry, 152
Middlesex, 209, 210	Mulcaster, 307
Midst, 290	Mun (must), 104, 165
Midwife, 187	Murder, 4
Might, main, 34, 61, 71, 186	Murderer, 264
Might be, for was, 151	Must, 10, 29, 104, 130
Mill, 4	My, 67, 70
Milton, 124, 187, 274, 304, 309, 311, 312, 336	Myself, 30
	Mystery, 223
Mind, 3, 187, 243
Mine, 23	N, infixed, 12, 44, 122, 142, 150, 166, 188
Miner, 246
Mingle, 121	— cast out, 25, 62, 70, 74, 98, 177, 188, 261
Minot, 252, 311
Mire, the Poet, 248	— its interchange with l, 106, 245
Mis, the Prefix, 15, 287	— the Possessive mark, 6
Mistrust, 247, 287	Na, the Aryan Suffix, 6, 9
Mitrailleuse, 238	Nævius, 11, 248
Mobocracy, 247	Nag, 214
Monger, 236	Nail, 87, 102
Monk, Dr., 317	Nairne, Lady, 103, 119
Moodiness, 96	Naked, 104
Moore, 194, 316	Name, 3, 5, 59, 88
Mope, 177	Nap, 89
Moral Ode, the, 84	Napier, 89
More, 7, 69, 73, 154, 302	Naples, 184
More, Sir Thomas, 289, 293, 294	Narrow, 74
Moreover, 130	Nassington, 264
Morning, 142	Naught, 39, 79
Morris, Dr., 1, 42, 79, 83, 87, 89, 91, 119, 124, 125, 165, 188, 217, 226, 230, 336, 369, 370	Naughty, 294
	Nay, 87, 266, 294
	Ne, 73, 129, 137
Morris, the Poet, 252, 319, 367	Near, 81, 85
Most, 3, 7, 88	Neat, 148

NEE	NUM
Needs, 8	Normandy, 244
Negation, the Old English form of, 28, 174, 297	Normans, the, 57, 79, 206
	Norse, 14, 17, 18, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 55, 61, 72, 84, 88, 96, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 129, 148, 161, 165, 166, 180, 182, 186, 253, 286. See Danes, Scandi­navians
Negative forms, 28, 73, 129
Neigh, 179
Neighbour, 147, 185
Nelson, 42
Nemo, 100
Nephew, 74, 224
Ness, the Suffix, 15, 96, 247, 248	Norse words in England, 51, 63, 64, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 114, 116, 117, 122, 123, 131, 152, 153, 169, 174, 176, 177, 178, 185, 187, 250, 255, 291, 310
Never, 52, 116
Nevertheless, 118
New, 3, 74
New English, the, 47, 51, 55, 70. See Chapters III. and V.
	Northampton, 41, 45, 47, 64, 94, 162, 181, 184
Newe fangel, 275
Nice, its senses in England, 243, 244, 313	Northern English, 27, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 50, 52, 57, 62, 70, 85, 86, 87, 95, 96, 105, 107, 117, 125, 128, 136, 146, 148, 151, 161, 162, 165, 166, 168, 184, 185, 202-204, 260, 262, 264, 266, 269, 271, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 283, 287, 308, 312, 316, 320
Nickname, 187, 188
Nicodemus, 103
Niggard, 187
Nigh, 71, 85, 147, 185
Night, 4, 171
Nightingale, 142
Nill, negative of will, 129, 266
Nim, or nam, to take or go, 8, 9, 14, 74, 107, 130, 165, 184, 250	Northumbria, 10, 19, 27, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 46, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 61, 62, 73, 94, 95, 96, 104, 138, 146
Nine, 3
No, 3, 118
No — at all, 275	Not (noht), replaces na and ne in the North, 48, 60, 73, 91, 137, 162, 194
No, Scotch use of, 40
No more, 137
Nobbut, 266	Not only, 31, 193
Nolt, 97	Nothing, 69, 80, 91
Nonce, 88	Nottingham, 41, 45, 94, 143
None, 59, 69, 74, 100, 137	Nought, 39, 71, 80
Nook, 114	Now, 3, 31
Nor, 112, 136, 184, 186, 262, 285, 291	Now a dayes, 274
	Nowhere, 80, 185
Norfolk, 41, 124, 191, 196, 200, 238, 258, 278	Nu, the Aryan Suffix to Verbs, 6
Norman Conquest, the, 7, 20, 26, 51, 52, 79, 93, 103, 190, 216, 221, 241. See Conquest	Numb, 8, 14, 107
	Numeral adverbs, first end with s, 59

NUT	OUS
Nutmeg, 179	One, for ân, 28, 67, 69, 89, 175, 290
Nym, Corporal, 107
	— fastened to each, 81, 100
O, its sound expressed in ten ways, 86	— stands for man, 119, 126, 155, 175, 188, 193, 266
— replaces a, 39, 40, 67, 69, 70, 73, 80, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 111, 118, 126, 129, 136, 148, 162, 166, 184, 290	— takes al for a Prefix, 101
	— takes w before it, 283, 291
	One of these days, 193
	Only, the modern form of ân, 31, 120, 127, 192, 221
— replaces œ, 121
— replaces é, 85, 261, 274	Oo, replaces o, 44, 91, 128, 274
— replaces eo, 61	— replaces u, 91
— the old ending of the First Person of the Present Tense, 38, 39	Or, 101, 130
	Orcagna, 274
	Orchard, 86
Oa replaces a, 86, 116	Ordinals, the, 166
Occleve, 276	Orm, 41
Ockley, 312	Ormulum, the, 92-111, 124, 148, 170, 301
Oe replaces é in the North, 39, 40, 49
	Orr (privative), 98, 99
O'er, for over, 147	Orrmin, 90-110, 112, 116, 117, 121, 126-130, 137, 142, 149, 154, 165, 167, 190, 195, 220, 221, 232, 234, 244, 252, 266, 285, 338
Of, 3, 27, 29, 49, 51, 52, 53, 60, 68, 78, 81, 170, 223. See Par­titive
— the parent of off, 52, 81, 89
Often, 129	Oth (usque ad), 74, 162
Oftentime, 193, 269, 287	Othello, 308
Og (et), 96	Other, 3, 7, 25
Oho, 287	Other, the, referring to past time, 141
Oi, a new sound in English, 222
Oil, 152	Otherwise, 81
Ol, the Suffix, 12	Ou replaces eow, 85
Old English Miscellany, an, 154, 175	— replaces o, 85, 128, 147, 184, 274
Old-fashioned words and forms, 287, 290, 292, 296, 301, 302	— replaces u, 85, 126, 129, 137, 138, 147, 330
On, the Preposition, 3	— replaces oh, 80
On condition that, 269	— sounded in many ways, 138
On, softened into o, 64	Ought (aliquid), 101
On, the French, 28, 119, 155, 193	— (debeo), 71, 73, 83, 87, 161
Once (semel), 59, 126, 193, 290	Our, 23, 138
	Ours, 100
Once (olim), 193	Ous, the Suffix, 247, 262, 279

OUT	PER
Out, 3, 98, 231	44, 62, 91, 113, 115, 148, 165, 174, 185, 195, 269
— disjoined from the Verb, 60, 74
	Participle, Active, a shibboleth of Dialects, 62, 63, 69, 91, 94, 125, 137
Ovation, 327, 344
Over, 3, 7, 98, 231
Overking 102	— — used for a Preposition, 246
Overlord, 102
Overtake, 121	Participle, Passive, 9, 24, 25, 39, 61, 70, 82, 83, 88, 94, 106, 115, 125, 141, 143, 156, 162, 165, 263, 265, 279
Overthrow, different from throw over, 52, 179
Overturn, 121
Ow, replaces u, 12, 129	Partitive use of of, 29, 52, 53, 60
Owe, 71, 84, 121, 277	Party, a, 244
Owl and Nightingale, the, 140-142, 252	Passing (used as a Preposition), 195, 246
Own, stands for two old Verbs, 32	Passing rich, 269
Own (proprius), 57, 67, 73, 88, 127, 290	Passive Voice, 9, 13
	Paston Letters, the, 283
Ox, 3, 218	Path, 3, 4
Oxen, 22, 51	Pay, 220, 300
Oxford, 115, 174, 176, 184, 208, 227, 228, 239, 249, 254, 256, 257, 259, 266, 289, 299, 321, 336	Peace, 152, 219, 229
	Peacock, 179
	Peakirk, 69
	Pecock, Bishop, 83, 252, 279-281, 283-285, 290, 296, 360
Oxus, the, 1, 11, 15, 166, 233, 345
	Pedibus, 15
Oyez, 239	Pedlar, 123, 124
	Pen (includere), 88
	Penance, 293
P, aversion of the Old English to, 102, 123	Pence, 194
	Penology, 328, 347
— inserted in words, 121	Pepys, 186, 194
Pack, 123	Peradventure, 238
Pain, 246, 286	Percy Society, 141, 177
Painful, 122	Percy's Reliques, 207, 260, 316
Pair of tongs, 275	Perfect Tense, 8, 9, 10, 16, 225
Paradise Lost, the, 311, 312, 319	— its change from Strong to Weak in the Second Person, 127, 164
Par ma fey, 132, 163	Perfection, 275, 292
Paris, 46, 217, 225, 228, 235, 258, 315, 329, 339	Perhaps, 151, 242, 296
	Persian, 1, 11, 176
Parker Society, 295, 302	Persons, 137
Parson, 283	— of the Tenses of the Verb. See Present, Perfect, and Plural
Participle, Active, 9, 24, 25, 30,

PER	PSA
Perugia, 81	Pooh, 287
Peterborough, 47, 54-66, 68, 69, 71-77, 81, 87, 89, 94, 96, 98, 105, 115, 118, 119, 125, 129, 166, 181, 190	Poor, 219, 223
	Pope, 274, 312, 313, 315, 323, 326
	Popish, 294
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, the Poem printed by, 84, 115	Pore, to, 174
	Portuguese, 339
Philology, Old English, 88	Pot, 123; to go to, 294
Physician, 290	Pour, 151, 213
Picard, 83	Praise, 229, 230
Pick, 123	Pray, 156, 230, 300
Pickwick, 80	Prayer Book, the Anglican, 183, 195, 221, 240, 269, 300, 312, 328
Piecemeal, 15, 242
Pierce, President, 331
Pig, 123	Preacher, the, 228-230
Pin, 179	Precious, 180
Pit of Hell, the Poem, 233	Prefixes, Teutonic, 15, 241
Pitch, 115	— Romance, clipped in England, 132, 161, 245; they drive out the Teutonic Prefixes, 247
Pitt, 318, 341, 342
Place, 132, 229
Plank, 187	Prepositions, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 119, 120
Play king, 177
Plight, 113	— uncoupled from the Verb, 52, 60, 74, 98
Plough, 64, 91, 96, 138
Plump, to, 179	— Compounds with, 93, 98, 102, 170, 231
Plumpton Letters, the, 296
Plunder, 339	— French, prefixed to English roots, 266
Plunkett, Lord, 330
Plural, Nominatives, 5, 22, 51, 94, 95, 102, 166, 167	— New, 72, 85
	Present Tense, 8, 9, 10, 38, 39, 136, 156
— — of the Present of Verbs, 24, 25
	— — expresses the Future, 29
— — Northern Form of, 49, 50, 62, 63, 148	— — old German Plural of, 13, 62
	Prestige, 338
— — Southern Form of, 49, 50, 62, 63, 174	Prick, to, 169
	Pride, 129
— — Midland Form of, 62, 63, 94, 125, 143, 147, 156, 162, 165, 174, 256, 281	Primer of 1400, 269-271
	Printing, influence of, 62
	Proctorize, 267
Plymouth, 299	Pronouns, 7, 23, 24, 96
Pœnitentia, 238	Proper Names, their foreign end­ings, 247
Pole axe, 97
Poll, 179	Psalter, the Northumbrian, 38, 39, 40, 48, 95, 351
Pompeii, 47

PSA	ROA
Psalter (the one of 1250), 145-153, 161, 185, 203, 252, 282, 290	Reave, 188, 275
	Rebuke, 269
	Recórd, 239
Puff, 123	Recover, 224, 246
Punch, to, 123	Recuyell, Caxton's, 284, 285, 288
— the Journal, 337	Red (ruber), 3
Purvey, the writer, 268	— the Suffix, 15, 71
Put, pult, 78, 83, 169, 201	Rede, 301
Puttenham, 286	Redgauntlet, 101
	Reduplication of Aryan Verbs, 8, 325
QU, replaces cw, 74	Reflexive. See Dative
— replaces hw, 278	Reformation, the, 28, 54, 74, 294, 304, 305, 306, 321
Quarterly Review, the, 316
Queen, 4, 128	Regard of, in, 269
Quell = kill, 262	Relative Pronouns, 58, 70, 82, 120, 136, 149, 192, 193
Quickly, Mrs., 192
Quiver fellow, 124	Religion, 296
Quoth, 116	Reliquiæ Antiquæ, 136, 142
	Renard the Fox, 286
	Renew, 246, 247, 266
R, intrudes into English words, 80, 117, 179, 213	Renown, 238, 243
	Repent him, 245
— sounded strongly by the Irish, 167	Repetition, idiomatic, 175
	Repropitiate, 302
Ra, the Aryan Suffix, 5, 7	Revile, 243, 326
Raffle, 275	Revisers of the Bible, 302
Ragged, 179	Rhine, peasants of the, 62
Rain, 26	Rich, 3, 69, 224
Rainbow, 129	Riches, 152, 219, 296
Raj, the Aryan root, 6, 168	Richard I., 177
Raise, 98	— II., 272, 273
Rake, 114	Rick, the Suffix, 15
Range, to, 122	Riddle, 15
Ransack, 131	Rife, 115
Rape, 131, 250	Right, 60, 78, 101, 137, 186, 281, 287
Rasp, 131
Rate, to, 213	Righteous, 15, 71, 290
Rather (potius), 88, 192	Rime, 237, 282
Ravening, 266, 287	Rimes, English, 79
Re, the French Prefix, 247	Ring, 85
Read, 61	Ritualist, 326
Ready, 90	Rive, 114
Ready money, 189	Roar, 148

ROB	SCO
Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, 143, 195, 196, 227, 254, 256	S, replaces n in the Plural of Nouns, 51
Robertson, Dr., 317, 318	— — r, 61, 104, 105
Rock, to, 115	— — sh, 91, 94, 129
Rogers, 295	— is added at the end of a word, 153, 174
Roe, 86, 116
Roll, to, 291	Sack, to, 190
Rolliad, the, 32	Sackless, 334
Romance words akin to English words, 224, 225	Sacrilege, 246
	Sad, 291
— Suffixes, 246, 247	Safe, 34
— its influence on English, 240, 248, 251, 287, 311	Salimbene, 222, 226, 227, 228
	Salop, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 205, 260, 262, 282, 283, 291
Rome, 17, 18, 41, 86, 143, 184, 222, 225, 227, 231, 239, 265, 303, 304, 308
	Salt, 16
	Same, 3, 31, 101, 102, 186, 264, 266
Rood, supplanted, 64, 223, 229
Rooge, 337	Sandal Castle, 283, 284
Root, 90	Sanglier, 40
Rouen, 217, 235	Sanscrit, 1-16, 25, 44, 70, 82, 102, 107, 123, 127, 138, 233, 235, 255
Rough, 39, 137, 179
Round, 237, 242
Rove, 287	Save, 137, 241, 287
Ruefully, 191	Savour, to, 267
Rule, 262; rule the roast, 263	Saw, 121
Roxburgh Club, 196	Saxon, 19, 40, 41, 44, 45, 216, 260, 268, 320
Roy, 266, 295, 296, 299
Rue, 4, 88	Say, 58, 74, 185
Run, 26, 61, 112, 264	Sc, preferred to sh, 112
Runes, 16, 36, 37, 128, 349	Scald (poeta), 98
Rushworth Gospels, 42, 48, 351	Scalp, 152
Russian, 225	Scandinavian, 13, 64, 94, 255, 320. See Danes, Icelandic, Norse, Swedes
Ruthwell Cross, the, 36, 37, 349, 353
Rutland, 46, 47, 56, 69, 72, 73, 177, 182, 183, 184, 210, 211, 259, 262, 275	— words in English, 51, 64, 72, 81, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 102, 104, 106, 123, 131, 142, 152, 161, 179, 186, 212, 214
Rutland, Earl of, 283
Ryle, to, 222	Scape, 161
	Scarcely, 275
	Scare, 98
S, the older form of st, 39	Scatter, 75
— replaces th in the North, 49, 50, 52, 62, 63, 130, 153	School, 69
	Scoff, 179

SCO	SI
Scold, 92	Shakespere, 12, 60, 98, 103, 111, 124, 148, 151, 154, 171, 260, 299, 304, 307-310
Scorch, 106
Score, 132
Scorn, 90, 93, 244, 251	Shall, 10, 29, 87, 91, 94, 95, 104, 129, 136, 148, 259
Scotland, 9, 11, 26, 27, 31, 39, 40, 44, 51, 53, 57, 60, 64, 70, 74, 89, 96-101, 103, 105, 106, 119, 129, 137, 147, 148, 149, 150, 165, 169, 176, 177, 182, 191, 238, 276, 305, 306, 334, 339
	Shamefastness, 301
	Shameful, 191
	Shannon, the, 2, 314
	She (the old seô) 3, 29, 43, 44, 58, 73, 129, 165, 256, 263, 282
	She-beast, 261
Scott, Major, 32	She-wolf, 269
— Sir Walter, 33, 84, 149, 159, 178, 238, 260, 315, 316, 346	Shed, 83
	Sheep, 22, 43, 218
Scour, 179	Sheepish, 104
Scowl, 123	Sheer, 90
Scraggy, 123	Sheriff, 62
Scrape, 123	Shift, 106
Scratch, 124	Shillingford, 278
Scream, 117	Shimmer, 124
Screech, 95	Shine, 78, 81
Scrip, 174	Shingle, 179
Scrub, 179	Ship, the Suffix, 15
Scullion, 187	Ship (navis), 21, 88
Search, true derivation of, 80	Shipwreck, 266
Seat, 3, 4	Shirt, 90
Second, 186, 242	Shiver (findere), 90
See, 36, 61	Shiver (tremere), 155
Seek, 80	Shoes, 43, 82, 167
Seem, 114, 117	Shop, 176
Seldom, 15, 130	Shoreham, 252
Self, used as a noun, 100, 290	Should, 61, 74, 82, 94, 279
Sensation, 332	Shove, 88
Serve, 79	Show, 78, 83, 88, 95, 106, 112, 114
Set at nought, 193
Settle, stands for two old Verbs, 32	Shrew, 142, 250
Seven, 3	Shrewsbury, 64
Seventh, 44, 59, 166	Shriek, 90, 95
Seventy, 70	Shrift, 88
Severn, the, 114, 242	Shrill, 116, 117, 179
Sew, 4, 261	Shudder, 116
Sexton, 275	Shunt, 152
Sh, or sch, replaces sc, 78, 81, 88, 95, 184	Shy, 123
	Si, the Kentish Article, 68

SI	SOU
Si (in Latin, sit), 104	Smile, 4, 178
Sicken, 106	Smirk, 178
Side, 85, 179; side by side, 194	Smithy, 33
	Smock, 90
Sidney, 186, 298	Smooth, 261
Sigh, 147, 185	Smother, 84
Siker, 84, 275, 283	Smoulder, 123
Silly, 103, 261	Smug, 98
Silver, 6, 59	Snatch, 123
Similitude, 292, 301	Sneer, 152
Simon, Earl, 237	Sniff, 90
Simple, 178	Snout, 126
Sin, 87, 88	Snub, 152
Since, syn, sith, sithence, 186, 193, 274, 281, 294, 301, 309, 310	Snuff, 90
	So, sa, 71, 82, 85, 91, 116, 137, 166
Single, 137, 245	Soberness, 243
Singularis (Low Latin), 40	Soldier, 292
Sir, 222, 232, 282	Some, the Suffix, 15
Sister, 4	Some, 27, 119, 159, 266
Sit, sat, 4, 8, 16, 38	Some one, 193
Sixth, 3	Some other, 99
Sixtus V., 230	Somebody, 193
Skeat, Mr., 165, 369	Somerset, 6, 20, 40, 51, 61, 94, 190, 207, 260, 275, 276
Skelton, 280, 288
Skill, 84	Sometime, 118
Skip, 132	Somewhat, 30, 99
Skulk, 123	Somewhere, 99
Skull, 123	Son, 4, 6, 14, 15, 22, 49, 59
Sky, 131, 152, 185	Soon, 59, 121
Slain, 87, 115, 147	Sooth, 4, 34, 187
Slang words, 33, 84, 168, 190	Sophocles, 11, 163
Slay, slew, 50, 74	Sorrow, 82, 121
Slayer, 147	Sorry, 57, 88, 191
Slaughter, 147, 152, 185	Sought, 85
Slavonians, 1, 12, 18	Soul, 21
Sledgehammer, 33	— Poem on it, 84
Sleek, 142	Soule, Mr. 345
Sleep, 43, 50, 90, 105	Southern English, 36-40, 51, 61-63, 68-74, 79, 81-88, 91, 95, 97, 100, 102-105, 113, 122, 123, 127, 147-154, 158, 163-166, 184, 185, 188, 190, 205-210, 250, 257, 260, 263,
Sleight, 153
Sleuth, 98
Sluggish, 123
Sly, 98, 146
Smart, 116, 161, 168, 185

SOU	SUC
268, 271, 277-281, 283-285, 287, 295	Stephen, 72, 75, 77, 178
	Stephens, Mr., 36, 349
South East of England, 128, 175	Ster, the Feminine Suffix, 15, 97, 268
South West of England, 80, 116, 128, 175
	Sterlings, 176
Southwell, 298	Sternhold, 301
Sow, 85, 309	Stillingfleet, 305
Spain, 18, 48, 250, 253, 263, 304, 308	Stilt, 161
	Stint, 107
Spake, 74, 148	Stir, 107
Span new, 168	Stirling, 19, 182
Sparkle, 287	Stone dead, 168
Speech, 95	Stool, 274
Spenser, 10, 114, 274, 308	Stopt, 9
Spider, 261	Story, 170
Spill, 151	Stout, 177
Spital, 223	Stow, 84
Spot, 123, 132	Strafford, Earl, 310
Spousesse, 267	Straightway, 291
Sprawl, 169	Stratford atte Bowe, 209, 228
Springe, 142	Stratmann, Dr. 93, 128, 152, 176, 179, 248
Spy, 132, 245
Squash, 152	Strew, 4, 9, 106
Squint, 123	Strife, 129, 225
Squire, to, 175	Strike in, 98
Squire Western, 58	Strong, 40, 80, 162
Squireen, 247	Strong Verbs, 8, 16, 24, 127
Stack, 169	— replace Weak Verbs, 85, 106, 291 (ring, shew, wear)
Stafford, 45
St Albans, 231, 263, 332, 359	Strut, 169
Stalwart, 83	Stuarts, 122, 276
Stamford, 45, 47, 181, 184	Stubble, 152
Stamford Bridge, 53	Stumble, 187
Stamp, 179	Stump, 142
Stand in, 98	Stutter, 116
Standard English, 36, 57, 69, 71, 96, 107, 116, 118, 124, 128, 129, 166, 180, 254-260, 264, 281, 282, 286, 289, 306, 321, 331	Subjunctive Mood, 322
	Substantives, examples of Teu­tonic, 14
	— declensions of Old English, 20-22
Star, 4, 20, 49, 96, 166
Stark naked, 116	— turned into Verbs, 151, 262
Start, 115	Such, 6, 70, 71, 78, 81, 112, 166, 175, 184, 266, 277
Stead, 132, 229, 301
Stealth, 129	Such one, 100

SUE	THA
Sue, 267	Tacitus, 17
Suffixes, Aryan, 5-9, 11, 12	Tackle, 132
— Teutonic, 15, 248	Take, to (keep in), 89. See also 107
— Romance, 176, 195, 241, 246, 247	Talk, 115
	Tall, 261
Suffolk, 69, 125, 128, 129, 130, 136, 245, 255	Tame, 4, 11, 12
	Tane, for taken, 153, 185
Suffolk, Duke of, 277	Tapis, the, 317
Sunday, 82	Tara, the Aryan Comparative, 7
Superlatives, Aryan, 7	Tasso, 308
— replaced by most, 121	Tattle, 123
Sure, 299	Taught (tensus), 141
Surely, 269	Teach, 79, 80, 107
Surety, 275	Tees, the, 265
Surrey, Earl of, 74, 298	Teinds, 96
Sussex, 19, 20	Temptation, 269
Swag, 188	Ten, 12, 13, 40
Sweat, 3, 13, 235	Tennyson, Mr., 63, 79, 192, 319
Swedes, 18	Tenth, 70, 96
— their words in England, 92, 114, 123, 131, 152, 161, 169, 174, 187	Termagant, 246
	Teutons, Teutonic, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 25, 34, 35, 53, 61, 68, 80, 84, 85, 86, 92, 93, 107, 111, 150, 186, 187, 215, 221, 224, 234, 240, 286, 346
Sweet, 3, 7
Swelter 90
Swift, Dean, 312, 313, 329, 334, 338, 344
	— Elements in English, 5, 15, 16, 63, 64, 181, 183, 225, 226, 238, 242, 243, 247, 257, 258, 277, 292, 293, 298, 300, 302, 308, 311, 317, 319, 821, 322, 337, 344
Swine, 22, 218
Swipe, 71
Swithe, 186, 287
Swoon, 113
Sword, 49, 50
Syndon, 39, 49, 104, 125	— Prefixes, 15
	— Suffixes, 15
	Th, answers to the Sanscrit t, 9
T changes to s in German, 13	— substituted for þ, 38, 57, 288
— rounding off the end of a word, 25, 26, 39, 129, 148, 153, 185, 264, 290	— cast out of the middle of a word, 103
	— is added to round off a word, 129
— is cast out in the middle of a word, 82
	— replaces d, 290
Ta, the Aryan Suffix, 9	— replaces s, 43
Tables of words and events, 3, 211-214, 224, 250, 252, 320	Thackeray, 223, 333, 343, 348
	Thames, the, 35, 70, 87, 107, 112, 250, 261, 263, 345
Taboo, 338

THA	TO
That, 3, 23, 120	Thor, 41, 42
— used as a Demonstrative, 94, 99, 149, 277, 285	Thoresby, Archbishop, 272
	Thornton, Bonnell, 331
That one — that other, 89, 128, 154, 285	Thorough, 85, 310
	Thoroughly, 104, 167
That there, 167	Thorpe, Mr., 52, 71, 353, 369
That, first follows Plural Sub­stantives, 58	Those (þâs), 99, 149, 274, 289
	Thou, 23
That, the Old Relative, 150	Though (tamen), 31, 43, 137
The, 3, 23, 43, 52, 57, 68	Thought, 87, 147
— the one case when it is not a Definite Article, 31	Thousand, 12
	Thrale, Mrs., 244
Their, 23, 43, 94, 96, 136, 148, 166, 266, 277, 281, 285	Threat, 129
	Three, 3, 50, 59
Theirs, 100, 263	Thrice, 50, 290
Them, 23, 40, 94, 96, 148, 149, 277, 281, 285	Thrive, 98, 286
	Through, 85, 310
Thence, 59	— the r transposed, 147
Theocritus, 323	Throughout, 81
Theon (flourish), 286	Thrust, 84
Ther, old Comparative Suffix, 7	Thucydides, 68
There, an expletive before was, 32, 150	Thud, 113, 261
	Thumb, 74
Thereafter, 75	Thunder, has n inserted, 26, 129
Therefore, first appearance of, 59	Thurlow, Lord, 341
Therein, 75	Thwart, 129
Thereunto, 193	Thy, 67, 70, 266
These, 23, 71, 130, 149	Thyself, 100
Thew, 82, 114	Tidings, 90, 117
They, 3, 23, 43, 49, 95, 96; (þeo), 111; 130, 148, 149, 163, 166, 263	Tidy, 131
	Tight, 169
	Till, the Northumbrian, 27, 38, 73, 125, 136, 142, 162, 186
Thick, 85
Thief, 87	Till, to, 90
Thigh, 85	Time, 176
Thilk, 6, 94, 99, 166, 210, 264, 266, 277, 279, 285	Times, The, 324, 328, 336
	Tine, to, 131, 251
Thine, 23	Tippet, 261
Third, 44, 261	Tithes, 96, 129
Thirst, 4, 163	Titus Oates, 327
Thirteen, 3, 12	To, before Infinitive, 30, 189
Thirty, 50	— used for at, 27
This, 23, 59, 63	— used for for, 27
Thither, 3	— replaces the Dative, 53

TO	UNW
To, the Teutonic Prefix, 170, 231, 309	Twelve, 12, 13, 138
	Twice, 59, 290
To-break, 309	Twinge, 142
To and fro, 193	Twist, 90
To the end that, 269	Twit, how formed, 32
Toil, 90	Two, 3, 39, 50
Token, 129	Tyndale, 43, 189, 252, 267, 286, 288-298, 300, 302-307, 317, 318, 323, 369
Tome (vacuus), 176
Tongue, 20, 51
Toot, to, 123	Tyrant, 26
Tooth, teeth, 4, 22, 25, 98, 116
Top, 179
Topcliffe, 312	U, the Aryan Suffix, 6, 12
Topple, 122	— the old ending of the Northumbrian Present of the Verb, 38
Touch, 242, 245
Touching this, 269
Tough, 274	— replaces eo, 74, 82
Tout, to, 90	— — o, 91, 128, 130
Tow, 117	— — w, 43, 49, 50, 73, 74
Toy, 117, 190	— — i in the South, 71, 81, 147
Toxophilite, 301	Ue, for eo, 158, 191
Trades, English, 236	— for yw, 178
Trail, 245	Ugly, 131
Transubstantiation, 68	Um, Dative Plural in, 14, 15, 44, 51, 59, 68
Travail, 20
Traveller's Song, the, 18	Umbe, 121, 170
Tread, 105	Umquhile, 121, 191
Tree, 4, 49	Un, the Teutonic Prefix, 6, 15, 98, 99, 279, 292, 302
Trench, Archbishop, 328
Trent, the, 42, 95	— for hine, 24, 58
Trevisa, 260, 261, 287	Uncer, the Dual, 23
Tristrem, Sir, the, 159-162, 177, 185, 237, 239, 240	Unclubbable, 279, 314
	Under, 3, 7, 27, 98, 231
Trollope, Mr., 146, 324	Underling, 81
Trow, I, 194	Understanding, the, 150
True, 3, 187	Ung, Verbal Nouns in, 60, 113
True as steel, 194	Ungainly, 97, 116
Trumbull, Mr., 229	Ungcet, very old, 37, 349
Trust, 90	Unidea-ed, 314
Truth, 74, 187	United States, 48. See America
Tuesday, 2, 178	Unlike, 104
Tug, 117	Unless, 186, 280
Tumble, 179	Until, 186, 261
Turk, the, 2, 306	Unwisdom, 99

UP	WAS
Up, 3	Vowels, changed in Strong Verbs, 8, 16
Upholding, 98
Upon, 99	— doubling of, 33, 148
Upon the point to be, 242	— at the end of a word, 33, 310
Upper, 179	— pronounced in the French way, 80
Upside down, 261
Us, 23, 138	— strange pronunciation of, 128, 138, 171, 175
Use (soleo) 178, 241
Usury, 267
Utan, ute, 29, 155
Utmost, 7	W, replaces g, 50, 59, 80, 84, 85, 88, 117, 120, 121, 127, 184, 274
Utterly, 122, 269
	— — h, 82, 121
V replaces f, 58, 59, 71, 80, 120, 209, 290	— — u, 186
	— added to o, 179
— — w, 291	— cast out in the middle of a word, 261
— cast out in the middle of a word, 164, 266
	— prefixed, 282, 283, 291, 296
Vat, 80	Wadding, 227
Vedas, the, 5, 11	Waddington, 182, 188
Verbs. See Strong, Weak, Ir­regular	Waggon, 103
	Wail, 179
— how formed, 8, 14	Wain, 103
— idioms of, 28, 29	Wait, 170, 180, 220
— changes in, 61, 62, 68, 74, 81, 82, 112	Wake, 88, 191
	Walk, 83
— formed from Nouns, 151, 174, 175	Wallow, 291
	Walpole, 337
Vercelli, 36	Wamba, 332
Vere, Mr. Aubrey de, 316	Wan, the Prefix, 121
Verily, 243	— replaces un, 121
Very, 101, 186, 233, 242, 243, 262, 281	Wand, 98
	Wanley, 38, 42
Victoria, Queen, 36, 54, 186, 233, 318, 345	Want, 98
	Wanton, 121
Victuals, 294	War, 64, 225
Virgil, 29, 370	Ward, the Suffix, 6, 261, 287
Virgin, The, 230, 297	Ware, 73, 91
Virtus, 238, 293	Warton, 261
Vixen, 6, 80	Warwick, 45, 162, 179, 256, 315
Volatilis, 267	Warwick, Earl of, 276, 277
Voltaire, 280, 315	Was, 61; (eras) 104; becomes wast, 266
Von Raumer, 234

WAS	WIL
Wasp, 26	What time, 192
Waste, 191, 225	Whatsoever, 73, 130
Watch, 88	Whence, 174
Water, 3	Where, for there, 49
Watershed, 83	Whereas, 269
Waur, 98, 186	Wheresoever, 118
Waves, 291	Whether (uter), 3, 7, 302
Wax, 4, 302	Which, 67, 70, 79, 81, 82, 100, 120, 136, 149, 166, 184, 266,
Weak Verbs, how formed, 10, 16, 26
	Which so ever, 81
— replace Strong Verbs, 43, 105, 112, 151, 164, 266, 292, 309	Which, the, 192
	While, 4, 74
Weal and woe, 34, 194	Whilom, 15
Wealth, 91	Whilst, 91
Wear, 291	Whip, 142
Weasel, 287	Whirlwind, 99, 212
Weave, 4, 49	White, Mr., 93
Wedgwood, Mr., 73, 83, 106, 124, 126, 132, 170	Whither, 3
	Whitherso, 50
Wedlock, 103	Who (ho), 3, 6, 24, 58, 125, 137, 138, 149, 193, 278
Wednesday, 121
Weep, 105, 151	Whole, 52, 189, 291
Weight, 129	Wholesome, 90
Welfare, 191	Wholly, 189, 282, 296
Well nigh, 88	Whom, 24, 82, 120
Wellington, 194, 315	Whoso, 49, 59, 118, 137, 193
Wench, 154	Whosoever, 116
Welsh, the, 48, 84, 106, 115, 117, 123, 132, 154, 162, 169, 179, 254, 306, 346. See Celtic, Celts	Wicked, 73, 96
	Wickedness, 150
	Wickliffe, 85, 86, 164, 241, 248, 249, 259, 263, 265-269, 277, 289, 290, 291, 293, 323, 335, 369
Went, 10, 52, 186, 279
Were, 67, 69, 71, 104
Wesley, 268
Wessex, 17, 19, 35, 36, 43, 45, 46, 48, 259, 260	Wiles 64, 96
	Will, the Auxiliary Verb, 10, 29
West of England, 104, 112, 118, 184, 223, 269	William the Conqueror, 48, 51, 53, 56, 224, 345. See Con­queror
Westminster, 235, 273
Wexford, 207	William, the Englishman, 235
What, 6, 24, 120	William, the name, 222
— stands for quis, 100	William of Palerne and the Werwolf, 124, 205, 259
— stands for aliquid, 30, 99
— used as an Interjection, 32	Willingly, 151
— stands for et, 82	Wilson 307

WIM	YUL
Wimple, 90	Wrong, 51, 96
Winchester, 46, 47, 54, 63, 217, 254, 320, 323	Wroth, 129
	Wrought, 71, 83, 107
Windlass, 213	Wyat, 298
Windmill, 177	Wyatt, 343
Window, 123, 124, 134	Wynstre (left), 82
Wing, 98
Wink, a, 194	Y, replaces g, 26, 43, 57, 70, 80, 82, 85, 95, 117, 129, 179, 261, 277
Winnow, 266
Wis, the Suffix, 15
Wit, 3, 10	—, used as a Prefix, 91
With, its senses, 30, 82, 107, 137, 163, 256	—, written for i, 195, 285
	—, written for th, 259
— the Prefix, 15, 170	Yare, 48
Withal, 100	Yarrow, the, 41
Witham, the, 42	Yawn, 261
Withdraw, 121	Ye, 23; first used for thou, 160, 185
Withhold, 121
Without, 53, 119	Yea, 28, 266, 294
Wobble, 115	Year, 11, 87
Woebegone, 141	Yellow, 12, 179
Woe me, 85, 302	Yes, 28, 104
Woe worth the day, 302	Yield, 127
Wohung of our Lord, 124	Yoke, 3, 9, 44
Wolf, 5, 14	Yon, 192
Wolsey, 289, 305	Yonder, 167
Woman, 53, 116	Yonge, Miss, 343
Wont (solere), 194, 337	York, the Duke of, 283, 285
Wood, 91	York, change of its name, 41; see also 42, 44, 47, 55, 57, 75, 97, 120, 124, 131, 136, 138, 145-153, 164, 180, 182, 185, 203, 259, 260, 263, 266, 272, 281, 283, 289, 296
Worcester, 39, 84, 111, 112, 115, 218, 255, 290
Work a day, 103
Workman, 50
World, 103
Worse, 98	You, 23, 49; instead of thou, 167
Worship, 103, 294
Worth, the Verb, 4, 250	Young, 3, 91, 127; young one, 266
Wot, 4, 10
Would, 128	Your, 23, 43, 58, 87
Would God, 194, 302	Yours, 100
Wound, 128, 138, 147	Yourselves, 290
Wretched, wretchedness, 150, 185	Youth, 40, 88
	Yowl, 169
Wright, Mr., 184, 233, 234	Yule, 98, 186, 244

L̄	ZWI
L̄, a new character in English, replacing g, 70, 82, 88, 95, 100, 103, 287	L̄ho (heo), 96
— written for the sound s, 70	Z stands for s, 209, 220, 278, 287
— first set at the end of a word, 95
	Zeus, 2, 338
L̄eond (through), is dropped, 120	Zwingli, 292

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