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To, (Germ. thun), means to do; hence Tooke considers to equiva

lent to the end.

Towards, (A.-S.) wardian, to look at; as if, to look to the end.

TILL, UNTIL. While a time.

a time. UNTIL means on till.

Till is a corruption of to-while=to

UNDER. Tooke, resolves this into on neder; neder inferior.

UPON, (A.-S.) abufan. See above, upon.

WITHOUT, (A.-S.) withutan, to be out of.
WITH, (A.-S.) withan, to bind.

CHAPTER IV.

ADVERBS, &c.

1. The four adverbial prefixes are a, al, be, to. The signification of these is a=on, al=all, be=by, to the or this. The four adverbial suffixes are ly, wise, ways, wards. These mean respectively, ly like, wise manner, ways direction, wards from ward= looking at.

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2. ABOARD, on board.

ADRIFT, (A.-S.) drífan, to drive; on the drive.

AGHAST, (A.-S.) gast, geist; whence ghost, on the gaze.

ALOFT, (A.-S.) luft=air, on the air.

ASKEW, (Dan.) skiæver, to twist.

ASKANT, (Dutch), schuins, wry, oblique.

ASTOUND, (Fr.) étonner, astonish.

ASUNDER, (A.-S.) sundrian, to separate, whence 'sand.'

AWAY, (A.-S.) on-wæg, on the way.

AWHILE, (A.-S.), on a time.

AWRY, (A.-S.) writhan, to writhe.

ATWIST, (A.-S.) twisan, from twa two, to twist.

ATHWART, (A.-S.) thweorian, to twist.

ALREADY all-ready, (A.-S.) rædian, to prepare.

ALONE all-one.

ANON in one, (instant).

BUT, as an adverb, means only.

ENOUGH, (A.-S.) genogan, to satisfy.

EVER, (A.-S.) æfre=always.

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FAIN gladly, (A.-S.) fægnian, to rejoice.

FORTHWITH, forth+with without delay; foris out of.

INSTANTLY, (Lat) in stare, urgently.

IMMEDIATELY, (Lat.) in=not, medius=middle, no middle thing intervening.

FORSOOTH = utterly, sooth; i.e. true. Truth, what a man troweth; sooth, what a man sayeth.

LIEF, (A.-S.) lufian, to love.

Lo, (A.-S.) lá, whence vulgarly law and lawk.
MERELY, (Dutch) maar, but, only, no more than.

NAY, (A.-S.) na, formerly answered affirmative questions; as,
Will he come?-Ans. Yea or Nay.

NEVER, (A.-S.) næfre, na=not, æfre=ever.

No, (A.-S.) no; (Sw.) nödig=averse, answered negative questions; as, Will he not come ?-Ans. Yes or No.

Now, (Goth., A.-S., Dan.), nu; Lat. nunc; Gr. võv, written formerly nouthe.

NOWADAYS = now of days, or now on, i.e. in these days.

OFT, (A.-S., Ger.) oft, possibly from ofestan, to hasten.

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ONCE, an old genitive form for on-es; so twi-es, thri-es, &c. ONLY one like.

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PERHAPS, per-through; haps chances, from (A.-S.) habban. QUICKLY quick-like, (A.-S.) cwician, to make alive.

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QUITE, from verb to quit, i.e. to leave quietly; Lat. quietus.
RATHER, comparative of (A.-S.) rathe, swift, early.

SCARCELY, (Dutch) skears, unfrequent.

SOON, properly means ad primam vesperam (A.-S.) sona.

STARK, (Germ.), really means strong.

THUS, possibly from (A.-S.) thæs, gen. of that.

Too, strengthened form of to, q.v.

TO-MORROW, To-day=the morrow, this day; morrow from (A.-S.)

myrran, to dissipate (night).

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YESTERDAY, (A.-S.) gestrinan, to acquire, and dæg, a day.

CHAPTER V.

ABSTRACT DERIVED NOUNS.

1. The first class of these nouns ends in d or n. Tooke supposes to be really participles or adjectives.

These, Horne

BRAND=brenn'd, i.e. burnt, from (A.-S.) byrnan, to burn.
BLIND=blinn'd, from (A.-S.) blinnan, to stop, to cease.
BREAD=brod, from (A.-S.) breowan, to brew.

*COWARD Cower'd, from to cower down.

CUD=chew'd, from (A.-S.) ceowan, to chew; hence cow and jaw. DASTARD=dastr'd, from (A.-S.) dastrigan (?), to terrify.

FIELD=felled, i.e. trees; to fell, i.e. make to fall.

Flood, Loud=flow'd and low'd; ex. the 'lowing' herd.

HEAD=(A.-S.) heafod, hebban, to heave, or lift up.
ODD=owed, i.e. one due, to make even.

SHRED, SHERD, i.e. (A.-S.) scýrian, to sheer or cut.
WILD=willed, i.e. self-willed.

FIEND=fiand, (A.-S.) fian, to hate.

FRIEND freond, (A.-S.) freon, to love.

BENT bended.

DRAUGHT, (A.-S.) dragan, to draw.

GAUNT, (A.-S.) gewanian, to wane.

HAFT=haved hav'd, from to have or hold.

HILT, by which the sword is held.

MALT, MOULD, (Fr.) mouille, from mouiller, to moisten; or (O. N.) maltr=rotten.

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BACON, (A.-S.) bacan, to bake; possibly from buchen, or beechen, belonging to the beech tree.

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CHURN, (A.-S.) cýran, to turn; whence also, according to Tooke, chair, car, chariot, &c.

CRAVEN one who has craved his life.

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DAWN, (A.-S.) dagian, to grow light.
HEAVEN, (A.-S.) hebban, to lift up.
LEAVEN, (Fr.) lever, to raise.

STERN stirred part; (A.-S.) styrian, to move.

to steer.

YARN, (A.-S.) gearwan, to prepare by spinning.

(A.-S.) stýran,

BRAWN=boaren made of pig. Taylor, in his Words and Places,

derives the word from Braun, a German who lived but recently! This derivation is disposed of by Ps. cxix. 70: 'Their heart is as fat as brawn.'

2. The second class of these abstract derived nouns consists of those which end in th. According to Tooke these are really third persons singular, present tense, of verbs. It should be observed, however, whether this be true or not, that such words as smith, youth, &c. end in 'th' in A.-S. and are nouns in A.-S.

ALE aloth, it inflameth, (A.-S.) ælan, to inflame.

BIRTH-beareth, (A.-S.) beran, to bear.
BROTH=breweth, (A.-S.) breowan, to brew.
LENGTH=lengeth, (A.-S.) lengian, to prolong.
BREADTH=brædeth, (A.-S) brædan, to widen.
DEPTH dippeth, (A.-S.) dippan, to plunge.
HEIGHT=heafeth, (A.-S.) hebban, to raise.
DEARTH = deareth, (A.-S.) derian, to hurt.

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DROUGHT=drugoth, (A.-S.) drýgan, to expel, to dry, whence drone,

drain.

EARTH eareth, (A.-S.) erian, to plough.

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FILTH defileth, (A.-S.) fy lan, to pollute.

GIRTH girdeth, (A.-S.) gyrdan, to surround.
GROWTH=groweth, (A.-S.) grówan, to grow.
HARM=harmeth, (A.-S.) hærman, to injure.
HEALTH healeth, (A.-S.) helan, to cover up.
KNAVE=nafath, (A.-S.) nabban, to have not.
LIGHT lighteth, (A.-S.) leohtan, to lighten.
MATH=mayeth, (A.-S.) magan, to be able.
MIRTH=myrreth, (A.-S.) myrran, to dissipate.

MURTHER; from the same verb, also morning and morrow.
MONTH=Mooneth.

MOUTH, MOTH, (A.-S.) metian, to feed; whence also meat.
RUTH=rueth, (A.-S.) hreowan, to bewail.
SHEATH=sheadeth=shadeth, (A.-S.) sceadan, to shade.
SIGHT=Seeth, (A. S) seon, to see.

SLOTH Sloweth, (A.-S.) slawian, to become slow.

SMITH Smiteth, (A.-S.) smitan, to smite.

STEALTH stealeth, (A.-S.) stelan, to steal.

STRENGTH=strengeth, (A.-S.) strangian, to be powerful.

TILTH=tilleth, (A.-S.) tilian, to lift up.

TOOTH tuggeth, (A.-S.) teogan, to tug.

TRUTH=troweth; I trow not (A.-S.) truwian, to believe firmly.

WARMTH=warmeth, (A.-S.) wearman, to warm.

WEALTH=wealeth, (A.-S.) welegian, to enrich.

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