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... signified firm , fortified . Böse ( bad ) we still use of what is damaged , and say bad ( rotten ) apples , bad ( sore ) fingers . But why have not the morally good and bad their own names in the language ? Why do we borrow them from ...
... signified firm , fortified . Böse ( bad ) we still use of what is damaged , and say bad ( rotten ) apples , bad ( sore ) fingers . But why have not the morally good and bad their own names in the language ? Why do we borrow them from ...
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... signifies both hose and skin of an animal . Here , then , language quite plainly teaches us how and of what material ... signifying shearing ( or shaving IN THE LIGHT OF LANGUAGE . 39.
... signifies both hose and skin of an animal . Here , then , language quite plainly teaches us how and of what material ... signifying shearing ( or shaving IN THE LIGHT OF LANGUAGE . 39.
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Lazarus Geiger. Greeks have a cognate word signifying shearing ( or shaving ) knife , and the Swedish skära means sickle . It may be fairly assumed that shears and shearing knives were primarily used by the Indo - European nomads of ...
Lazarus Geiger. Greeks have a cognate word signifying shearing ( or shaving ) knife , and the Swedish skära means sickle . It may be fairly assumed that shears and shearing knives were primarily used by the Indo - European nomads of ...
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... signifies the burning , stinging of the sun . A very remarkable adjective from the same root , in its notional relations common to the early period of the Greek and Sanskrit languages , leads us still farther . It is the Greek πέπων ...
... signifies the burning , stinging of the sun . A very remarkable adjective from the same root , in its notional relations common to the early period of the Greek and Sanskrit languages , leads us still farther . It is the Greek πέπων ...
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... signifies sky - blue , but in early times meant black . In ancient books it occurs in the combination hiuan te , te meaning virtue or merit , and both words together naturally not blue , but obscure or unknown merit . A word for blue at ...
... signifies sky - blue , but in early times meant black . In ancient books it occurs in the combination hiuan te , te meaning virtue or merit , and both words together naturally not blue , but obscure or unknown merit . A word for blue at ...
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