Skeat
Americannoun
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Coined by philologist Walter William Skeat in 1886, ghost words are often the result of misreadings and typographical errors.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021
Prof Walter Skeat, 19th-Century father of English etymology, thought at times that the word for a "loop" in a rope came from Celtic, at others that it was Scandinavian.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2016
Skeat retranslated the inked inscription on the mummy's chest wrappings, announced that the boy's name was Panechates, son of Hatres.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Skeat even goes so far as to suggest that Lydgate is referring to the Hous of Fame when he speaks of a poem of Chaucer’s as “Dant in English.”
From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.
For the moon to do this is possible, as Skeat has shown.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
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