Category: Language & Communication
It is now nearly six years ago that the Committee of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society asked me to compile a Glossary of the Dialect or archaic language of the County, and put into my hands a valuable collection of words by the late Mr. Edward Norris, surgeon, of South...
It is now nearly six years ago that the Committee of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society asked me to compile a Glossary of the Dialect or archaic language of the County, an...
2. Chapter 2'Ch'am, (A S _ic eom_: Germ. _Ich bin_) I am. 'Ch'ave, I have. 'Ch'ad, I had. 'Ch'ool, I would. Uch'll go, I will go. "Chill not let go, zir, without vurther 'casion." Shaks. Le...
3. Chapter 3Prey _v._ to drive the cattle into one herd in a moor, which is done twice a year (_i.e._, at Lady-day and at Michaelmas), with a view to ascertain whether any person has put st...
4. Chapter 4