_Emethee_, is
_emmtey_, that is, abounding with ants. _Meulten away_,
is melting away.
_Th'ast ee pait it, thee'st a paid it_; thou hast paid it.
In the _English translation_ which accompanies the original
_song_ in _General Vallancey's_ paper, some of the words
are, I think, beyond controversy misinterpreted, but I have not
room to go critically through it. All I desire should be inferred
from these remarks is, that, although this _Anglo-Saxon_
curiosity is well worthy the attention of those who take an
interest in our early literature, we must be careful not to assume
that it is a pure specimen of the language of the period to which,
and of the people to whom, it is said to relate.
A GLOSSARY OF WORDS COMMONLY USED IN THE County of Somerset,
BUT WHICH ARE NOT ACCCEPTED AS LEGITIMATE WORDS OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE;
OR WORDS WHICH, ALTHOUGH ONCE USED GENERALLY, ARE NOW BECOME
PROVINCIAL.
A.
A. _adv._ Yes; or _pron._ He: as _a zed a'd do it_;
he said he'd do it.
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