Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... chaffinch , the O.E. ceaffinc denotes the finch that is to be found searching for edible matter in the chaff of rickyards . To the chaffinch , the least shy of all our finches , and eye - attracting by its variegated colours , other ...
... chaffinch , the O.E. ceaffinc denotes the finch that is to be found searching for edible matter in the chaff of rickyards . To the chaffinch , the least shy of all our finches , and eye - attracting by its variegated colours , other ...
الصفحة 113
... chaffinch , and found also in goldfinc . That the O.E. , however , had also the word pinca is suggested by the early spellings of the names of several places such as Fincham , Norfolk , and Pinchbeck , Lincs . , which appear in the ...
... chaffinch , and found also in goldfinc . That the O.E. , however , had also the word pinca is suggested by the early spellings of the names of several places such as Fincham , Norfolk , and Pinchbeck , Lincs . , which appear in the ...
الصفحة 162
... chaffinch used in the north of England . It was bracketed by Turner with ' chaffinche ' and ' spink ' . As to the apple in the name , Kirke Swann mentions blood - olph and green - olph as provincial names for bullfinch and greenfinch ...
... chaffinch used in the north of England . It was bracketed by Turner with ' chaffinche ' and ' spink ' . As to the apple in the name , Kirke Swann mentions blood - olph and green - olph as provincial names for bullfinch and greenfinch ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow