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Glossary Of Wiltshire Words

Glossary Of Wiltshire Words

by George Edward Dartnell

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Author
Goddard, E. H. (Edward Hungerford), 1854-1947
Title
A Glossary of Words used in the Country of Wiltshire
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
English language -- Dialects -- England -- Wiltshire
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45809
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45809
Release Date
May 29, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GLOSSARY OF WILTSHIRE WORDS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS USED.
  5. 5.WILTS GLOSSARY
  6. 6.ADDENDA
  7. 7.SPECIMENS OF DIALECT — EXTRACTS FROM THE GENUINE REMAINS OF WILLIAM LITTLE . [1] — THE HARNET AND THE BITTLE. — From THE VARGESES. — THOMAS'S WIVES. — MANSLAUGHTER AT 'VIZE 'SIZES. — HOW OUR ETHERD GOT THE PEWRESY. — GWOIN' RAYTHER TOO FUR WI' A VEYTHER. — NOTHEN AS I LIKES WUSSER. — PUTTEN' UP TH' BANNS. — THE CANNINGS VAWK. — LUNNON AVORE ANY WIFE. — KITCHIN' TH' INFLUENZY.
  8. 8.APPENDIX I
  9. 9.APPENDIX II
  10. 10.APPENDIX III

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