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Show LS S Y E s n m e é w t l f c n a t o dream 3 and who declares with a ton o a b t v l i g a t r t fingle or Jol l jg the ori originaina .literature is. fo fcanty, that of : words L}ndoubtedly T eutonick ‘ck th Our knowledee of the norther fubfi'ltutes Germa o Dutc inferte therefor hav an not ;Kva;so ‘tz beg found in any ancient language Englifh th o fifter bu parents th a no parallel bu radical a no confide whic fe fe i e ag ay al no d io na co o ce de b at re thu a The words which are reprefente ne ma the ng ch t an or ef an the fr ra en de t s ho for it is incident to words, as to their au d wo dr ki o e fen th i ic ui en ca og mo et i It is fufficient when they change their country ide er ge on t e er re b bo ma a fu o be found fuch as may eafily pafs into each other Th etymology fo far as it is yet known, was eafily foun in t}}e vglumes where it is particularly an ad fo h wa ra ho or n th ti iv de o e ru th t io en at pe pr b profeffedly delivered; an o en ic de th ul fi di at gr o ta wa g gu la ‘ufted. But to conrsct the Worps of ou dictionarie wa immediately apparent and whe they were exhaufted What wa yet 1Wantm muf b nc ch o ., fi.n ul fh r uf in a an gl an ks bo int io ur ex fought by fortuitous and unguide My fearch, however, has been either fkilful o fhould offer it, in the boundlefs chaos of a living fpeech Iucky; for I have much augmented the vocabulary As my defign was a diftionary, common or appellative, I have omitted all words which have relation t prope names ; fuch as Arian, Socinian Calvinift, Benediftine, Mabometar: ; but hav retained thofe of inore general nature, as Heathen, Pagan Of the terms of art I have received fuch as could be found either in books of {fcience or technical dictionaries; and have often inferted, from philofophical writers, words which are fupported perhaps only b a fingle authority, and which being not admitted into general ufe, ftand yet as candidates or probationers and muft depend for their adoption on the fuffrage of futurity The words which our authors have introduced by their knowledge of foreign languages, or ignoranc of their own, by vanity or wantonnefs, by compliance with fathion or luft of innovation, I have regiftere as they occurred, though commonly only to cenfure them, and warn others againft the folly of naturalizin aufelefs foreigners to the injury of the natives - I have not rejeted any by defign, merely becaufe they were unneceffary or exuberant; but have received thofe which by different writers have been differently formed, as vifeid, and wifcidity, vifcous, an wifcofity Compounded or double words I have feldom noted, except whe from that which the components have in their fimple ftate they obtain a fignification differen Thus bighwayman, woodman, and horfecourfer require an explanation ; but of zhigflike or coachdriver no notice was needed, becaufe the primitives contai the meaning of the compounds Words arbitrarily formed by a conftant and fettled analogy, like diminutive adje&ives in i/h, as greenifb bluifb; adverbs in ly, as dully, openly ; Tubftantives in nefs, as vilenefs, faultinefs ; were lefs diligently fought and fometimes have been omitted, when I had no authority that invited me to infert them; not that the clean.sh data import.tsv out README That I may not éppear to have {poken too irreverently o Funius, 1 have here fubjoined a few fpecimens of his etymolo gical extravagance Banisu, religare, ex banno wel territorio exigere, in exiliu agere G. bannir. It. bandire, bandeggiare. H. bandir. B. bannen. ZBvi medii {criptores bannire dicebant. V. Spelm. in Bannum & in Banleuga. Quoniam verd regionum urbiumgq; limite arduis plerumq; montibus, altis fluminibus, longis deniq; flexuofifq; anguftifimarum viarom amfra@ibus includebantur, fier poteft id genus limites bax dici ab eo quod Bewdras & Béawalgo T'arentinis olim, ficuti tradit Hefychius,. vocabantur ai nofds xa ubi antique feriptum invenimus gemoezed hic emersz. ¢ Inve¢ nit eam vacantem.' Hivvr, mons, collis. A, S. hyll. Quod videri poteft abfciffu €x xoAdyy Vel worwvds Collis, tumulus, locus in plano editior < obliquae ac minime in re€tum tendentes viz. STammrrEr, Balbus, blefus. Goth. STAMMS. A.S.yza wn iSureysis 63ur Ac fortaffe quoque huc facit quod Bayic, eodem Hefychio tefte dicebant Zgn rewyyirn, montes arduos Eurty, emtie, vacuus, inanis. A.S. Amzig, Nelcioan fin .Bab ipéw vel . epdldw. Vomo, evomo vomit evacuo Videtur interi -etymologiam hanc non obfcure firmare codex Rufb. Mat, xii. zz Hom Il. b. v. 811 = 'rrpovrégo;O ToNeo cswE woAbYR Ubi authori brevium {choliorum xopdyn €XP. Tomwos £i5 Uog Gyhrav ewoPo o Nar, 0 take a nap. Dormire, condormifcere. Cym. heppian A. S. hneppan Quod poftremum videri poteft defumptum e wviQasc obicuritas tenebra nihi eni zqu fole fomnum, quim caliginofa profund noéis obfcuritas conciliar mep, peamupt. D. ftam. B. Rameler. Su. famma. Ift. famr. Sun 2 swpuRely vel supdarew, nimid loquacitate alios offendere; quo impedite loquentes libentifiimeé garrire foleant ; vel quod alii nimil femper videantur, efiam parcifime loguentes i |