An Essay on the Archaiology of Popular English Phrases and Nursery Rhymes, Band 1

Anglo-Saxon appearance Bede belongs boose bread cat-o-nine-tails chance curse daer Dick-oore distress disturbance dolt Dutch ellipsis emblem evel evidently evil explained expression fool formerly French friar gaen Gauw grouw guit hach haest head heel Heer Hij hiet Hoeve holy honour Huif implying import interchanging sounds intermutating Jack JACK KETCH Jack Sprat Johnny Green Johnson Kaet Keurig labour language Latin lijck literally luck maere means mede meê metaphor mind mischief nature nauw never noise noose original form original phrase pain participle present Pasquinade Plowm potential mood priest pronounced Putten Puur repent rogue rogue's rouw shews spelt stick stond stoorings substantive sense t'el term thing thou tonsure travesty trouws turn Tuyf uwer verb wasse Wassen whence wijse Wijst word