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Furnivall

[ fur-nuh-vuhl ]

noun

  1. Frederick James, 1825–1910, English philologist and editor.


Furnivall

/ ˈfɜːnɪvəl /

noun

  1. FurnivallFrederick James18251910MEnglishLANGUAGE: philologist Frederick James . 1825–1910, English philologist: founder of the Early English Text Society and one of the founders of the Oxford English Dictionary


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Furnivall, pp. 33-35; he says it is 'frised or perled cloothe of gold,' or 'a weued clothe of gold.'

Dr. Furnivall once asked the poet what his idea really was in the poem.

Dr. Furnivall, however, thinks that Mr. Browning invented the story.

Dr. Furnivall contributes an illuminating introduction, and Hugh Thomson's illustrations are, as usual, very satisfactory.

Furnivall, 1868, 8vo; "Two fifteenth century Cookery Books," ed.

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