A.-S.
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I should propose to derive it from A.-S. mathelian, to speak, discourse, harangue; or A.-S. methel, discourse, speech, conversation.
From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
The past tense of the A.-S. verb wunian, to persist, to continue, to be accustomed.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
In the very scanty A.-S. ichthyologic nomenclature we possess, there is nothing to lead us to imagine that our Anglo-Saxon ancestors had any corresponding word for a salmon trout.
From Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 by Various
The past participle of the old verb yede, from A.-S. gangead, to go, to proceed.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
I think, therefore, we cannot doubt that what is intended to be expressed by the A.-S. lærig is empty, hollow, concave.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
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