Sense of "work the earth" led to "put dung and compost on the soil, treat (soil) with fertilizing materials" (1590s) and to the noun meaning "dung spread as fertilizer," which is first attested 1540s. Until late 18c., however, the verb still was used in a figurative sense of "to...
against abuses of the state); cognate with Old Norseumboðsmaðr, fromumboð"commission" (fromum-"around," from Proto-Germanicumbi, from PIE root*ambhi-"around," +boð"command," from PIE root*bheudh-"be aware, make aware") +maðr"man" (from PIE root*man-(1) "man")...
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It’s a name akin to Lovegrove rather than one which uses the Old English personal name Focca which appears in the place-name Fockbury, or from Old English Folca as in Folkestone. While the instances before this are possibly to do with getting down and nasty, this one’s pretty ...
the act of eatingtext creates privileged speech. While these passages have been noted as providingparallels for the consumption of text, they also show that the physical incorporationof text permits knowledge and expression of the future.8It is the combination of thetext with the speaker that ...
collect" or are extended from words originally meaning only a part of the hand (such as Irishlam, Welshllaw, cognate with Latinpalmaand originally meaning "palm of the hand"). One ancient root (*man-(2)), represented by Latinmanusis the source of Old Englishmund"hand," but more usuall...
(1590s), from Medieval Latinmanuscriptum"document written by hand," from Latinmanu scriptus"written by hand," frommanu, ablative ofmanus"hand" (from PIE root*man-(2) "hand") +scriptus(neuterscriptum), past participle ofscribere"to write" (from PIE root*skribh-"to cut"). The ...
collect" or are extended from words originally meaning only a part of the hand (such as Irishlam, Welshllaw, cognate with Latinpalmaand originally meaning "palm of the hand"). One ancient root (*man-(2)), represented by Latinmanusis the source of Old Englishmund"hand," but more usuall...
collect" or are extended from words originally meaning only a part of the hand (such as Irishlam, Welshllaw, cognate with Latinpalmaand originally meaning "palm of the hand"). One ancient root (*man-(2)), represented by Latinmanusis the source of Old Englishmund"hand," but more usuall...