单词 | anglo-frisian |
释义 | Anglo-Frisiann.adj. A. n. The hypothetical parent language of the Old English and Old Frisian languages; (also) the subdivision of the West Germanic language group containing Old English and Old Frisian.The relationships among the various early West Germanic dialects are little understood and are the subject of much debate, but few scholars now hold that an Anglo-Frisian language should be posited to explain the dialectal similarities between Old English and Old Frisian. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Anglo-Frisian Anglo-Frisian1877 pre-English1920 Ingvaeonic1933 1877 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1875–6 562 The language spoken by these tribes before the migration may be called Anglo-Frisian, and its characteristics may be ascertained with considerable certainty from a comparison of the oldest English and Frisian. 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 85 Within Low German English and Frisian again form a special group ‘Anglo-Frisian’. 1906 J. M. Edmonds Introd. Compar. Philol. 91 Anglo-Frisian: the common original of Modern Frisian and English,..of which the earliest monument is the poem Beowulf. 1958 A. S. C. Ross Etymol. ii. 98 In Anglo-Frisian, initial and medial k before a front vowel > [ts][tš]. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Aug. 11/2 Discussing palatalization (one of the main markers of Anglo-Frisian), he remarks that it can be seen in words like ‘fish’ ‘from Latin pisces’. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to the hypothetical language Anglo-Frisian; (also) of or belonging to the West Germanic linguistic subgroup containing Old English and Old Frisian. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Frisian > and English Anglo-Frisian1892 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Frisian > Anglo-Frisian Anglo-Friesic1836 Anglo-Frisian1892 1892 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 13 253 Siebs' History of the Anglo-Frisian Language. 1907 H. M. Chadwick Origin Eng. Nation 99 But have we any justification for believing that a language of Anglo-Frisian type was spoken beyond the sea to the north? 1913 P. Sipma Phonol. & Gram. Mod. W. Frisian 2 From time immemorial English and Frisian have had in common a certain number of peculiarities in their system of vowels and consonants: these must have been proper to the original Anglo-Frisian language. 1948 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1947 14 This view [in T.P.S. 1939]..attached over much weight to literary Old Saxon, a language highly divergent from Old Frisian, and assumed that we must postulate a stage in which there was an Anglo-Frisian unity rather closer than the loose unity of Frisian, English, and Saxon, i.e. non-High German West Germanic. 1995 B. Mitchell Invitation to Old Eng. Introd. 11 Another consonant shift which affected the High German languages but not the members of the Anglo-Frisian or Netherlandic-German branches. 2. Involving both England (or Britain) and Friesland. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > and other French-English1580 Anglo-German1683 Anglo-American1769 Anglo-Welsh1772 Anglo-French1797 Anglo-Russian?1800 Anglo-Turkish?1800 Anglo-Indian1805 Anglo-Irish1810 Anglo-Scandinavian1836 Anglo-Egyptian1838 Hiberno-English1840 Anglo-Jewish1843 Anglo-Norse1872 Anglo-Boer1881 Anglo-Roman1913 Anglo-Soviet1920 Anglo-Arab1923 Anglo-Frisian1955 1955 Speculum 30 24 The shift to silver occurs earliest in Provence and in the Channel ports, that is, precisely in those places in close touch with Anglo-Frisian commerce. 1960 Econ. Hist. Rev. 13 142 The range of Anglo-Frisian trade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1877 |
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