Volume 1
A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their origin and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a History of the language, and an English grammar / By Samuel Johnson.
- Samuel Johnson
- Date:
- 1820
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their origin and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a History of the language, and an English grammar / By Samuel Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Bpiprope anb biben bap in ppipun, 3 . . . repep. Da pap all Gngle-lanb prypeb map ban aep paep. anb all yuelpasp in lanbe. Dep eprep com be kingep bohrep penpiep be hepbe ben Gmpepic on Klamanie. ~] nu pa?p cunreppe in 7£ngou. -3 com bo Lunbene. 3 re Lunbenippce pole hipe polbe raecen £j peas pleh. 3 poplep pap micel: • Dep epreji be Dipcop op Uhn-ceprpe J^enpi. be kingep bpoSep Srephnep. ppac pib Robbepr eopl] pib bempepice anb ppop heom aSap ~p he neupe ma mib re king hip bpo^ep polbe halben. •3 cuppebe alle be men be mib him heolben. anb pagbe heom ~p he polbe iiuen heom up UJin- ceprpe. -] bibe heom cumen bibep. Da hi basp inne paepen pa. com be kingep cuen . . . hipe prpeng^e ^ beprer heom. j5 bep psep nine micel hungaep. Da hi ne leng ne muhren bolen. ba prah hi ur 3 plugen. ] hi pupSen pap pi^uren ~] polecheben heom. anb namen Robbepr eopl op Dlou-ceprpe anb lebben him ro Roue-ceprpe anb biben him bape in ppipun. anb re empepice pleh inro an mynprpe. Da peopben Sa pipe men berpyx. be kingep ppeonb 3 re eoplep ppeonb. anb pahrlebe pua -p me pculbe leren ur be king op ppipun pop be eopl. ^ re eopl pop be king. ~\ pua biben. SiSen Sep eprep parhleben be king -3 Ranbolp eopl ar 8ran-popb ■3 aSep ppopen anb rpeu^ep pa?pron -p hep nou^ep pculbe bepuiken o^ep. *] ir ne pop-prob nahr. pop be king him piSen nam in f)amrun. J?uphe bicci paeb. -3 bibe him m ppipun. 3 ep ponep he ler him ur buphe pseppe peb ro ~p popepapbe -p he puop on halibom. *] gyplep panb. -p he alle hip caprlep pculbe iiuen up. Sume he lap up anb pume ne lap he nohr. anb bibe banne peeppe Sanne he hasp pculbe. Da pap Gngle-lanb pui^e ro beleb. pume helben mib re king. 3 pume mib bempepice. pop ba be king pap in ppipun. Jm penben be eoplep -3 re pice men -p he neupe mape pculbe cumme ur. ^ psehrleben pyb bempepice. 3 bpohren hipe inro Oxen-popb. anb iauen hipe be bupch : • Da fte king pap ure. ba hepbe -p paegen. anb roc hip peopb 3 bepaer hipe in be rup. 3 me lasr hipe bun on nihr op be rup mib papep. 3 pral ur *3 pea? pleh -3 lasbe on pore ro UJalmg-popb. Daep eprep pea? pepbe opep pae. -3 hi op Nop- manbi penben alle ppa be king ro be eopl op Sngaeu. pume hepe bankep -3 rume hepe un- bankep. pop he bepaer heom til hi aiauen up hepe caprlep. -3 hi nan helpe ne haepben op be king. Da pepbe Guprace be kingep pune ro Fpance. ^ nam be kingep puprep op Fpance ro pipe, penbe ro bigasron Nopmanbi pseji buph. oc he ppebbe hrel. -3 be gobe pihre. pop he pap an yuel man. pop pape pe he . . . bibe mape yuel banne gob. he peuebe Jre lanbep -3 laeibe mic p on. he bpohre hip pip ro Gngle- lanb. 3 bibe hipe in be capre reb. gob pimman peas paep. oc peas hebbe hrel bhppe nub him. -3 xpipr ne polbe -p he pculbe lange pixan. T paepb beb anb hip mobep beien. -3 re eopl op Sngaeu paspb beb. -3 hip pune £enpi roc ro be pice. Snb re cuen op Fpance ro-baelbe ppa be king. -3 pcae com ro be lunge eopl £enpi. -3 he roc hipe ro piue. -3 al Peirou mib hipe. Dp pepbe he mib micel paepb inro Gngle-lanb. -3 pan caprlep. -3 re king pepbe agenep him micel mape pepS. -3 boSpa-bepe puren hi nohr. oc pepben pe iEpce-bipcop -3 re pipe men berpux heom. -3 makebe -p pahre -p re king pculbe ben lauepb -3 knag pile he huebe. -3 aprep bip baei pape £enpi king. -3 he helbe him pop paOep •] he him pop pune. anb pib -3 paehre pculbe ben berpyx heom 3 on al Gngle-lanb. Dip anb re o<5pe popuuapbep ber hi makeben puopen ro halben be king -] re eopl. anb re bipcop. 3 re eoplep. -3 picemen alle. Da pap be eopl unbep- pangen aer UJin-ceprpe anb asr Lunbene mib micel puprpcipe. anb alle biben him man-peb. anb puopen be paip ro halben. anb hir papb pone puiSe gob paip pua ~p neupe pap hepe. Da pap Se king prpengepe banne he asuepr hep pap. ^ re eopl pepbe ouep pae. -3 al pole him uuebe. pop he bibe gob jupripe ~j makebe paip : • Nearly about this time, the following pieces of poetry seem to have been written, of which I have inserted only short fragments; the first is a rude attempt at the present measure of eight syllables, and the second is a natural introduction to Robert of Gloucester, being composed in the same mea- sure, which, however rude and barbarous it may](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22651378_0001_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)