TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.
Contractions such as ’tis are displayed as in the original text, so they sometimes have a space (’t is).
Several letters from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and the Insular Script are used. These will display on this device as:
ð eth
þ thorn
ħ h with stroke
ꝼ insular f
ꞃ insular r
ꞅ insular s
ꞇ insular t
There are several words and phrases in Greek and Hebrew. These may display imperfectly on some devices.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the [end of the book.]
THE
ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED.