Despite these euphonious examples, Tolkien does struggle to squeeze the bourgeois hand of modern English into the mailed glove of Old English verse. In need of words that alliterate on “f,” he uses “fell” as an adjective with offputting frequency—eight times in the first 153 lines, alon...
During the time of "Late Middle English", there were 5 regional dialects in England (with a sixth dialect eventually developing in London). Examples of at least three dialects are found in ...
interlaced with unnumbered profanations of the names of the Deity and Jesus Christ. It is a most bungling attempt to imitate the ancient English and Bible phraseology. Much of the language is borrowed from the Bible, and inserted in the book, after murdering the English of it: and the Almi...
In understanding the original Hebrew, an English translator can use the Septuagint to see what Greek word was used in that translation. This process would be to revert back to the original version. The Septuagint would have provided a translation closer in time to the original text. F. ...
English language - Old English, Middle English, Modern English: Among highlights in the history of the English language, the following stand out most clearly: the settlement in Britain of Jutes, Saxons, and Angles in the 5th and 6th centuries; the arriva
‘The love with whom Thou hast loved You shall be in them, and I in them” (John 17:26). In other words, “in the church, the Son unites with grace so much with the people, as He is united and the same with the Father, having the same love for them. The Son gathering the ...