| 单词 | old spelling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold spelling old spelling n. the unstandardized spelling of early (esp. early modern) English. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > unstandardized early spelling of English old spelling1744 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 420 I have pretty nearly observed the old Spelling, except in Numbers. 1890 in C. Mackay Gossamer & Snowdrift 190 (note) The two recurring lines, in quaint old spelling, of the following ballad are taken from a funeral dirge, or coronach, of the thirteenth century. 1927 R. B. McKerrow Introd. Bibliogr. iii. i. 246 The composition rates for old spelling texts are some 10 per cent above the normal rate. 1990 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 129 Scholars..are really indebted to them for it and its companion volume, which have enabled them to consult the old-spelling edited texts of Chapman's plays. < as lemmas |
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