 Saxon hind had the charge and labour of tending and feeding them, but only that they might appear on the table of his Norman lord. Thus ox, steer, cow...  New Practical Speller - Page 43by James Hosmer Penniman - 1900 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 248 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivcmhoe, plays the philologer here,) that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman—a fact indeed which we might have... | |
 | Henry St. John Bullen - 1853 - 318 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon Jester in Ivanhoe, plays the philologer here) that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food, become Norman — a fact indeed which we might... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 810 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoe, plays the philologer here,)* that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact indeed which we might have... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 252 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoe, plays the philologer here), that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact indeed which we might have... | |
 | Richard Tuthill Massy - 1855 - 280 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivarihoe, plays the philologer here), that the names of almost all animals, so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food, become Norman — a fact, indeed, which we might... | |
 | John Timbs - 1857 - 444 pages
...names of domestic animals. Concerning these last it is not a little characteristic to observe that the names of almost all animals, so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman, — a fact indeed which we might... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1860 - 264 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoe, plays the philologer here,)* that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact, indeed, which we might... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1866 - 260 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoe, plays thephilologer here,)* that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact, indeed, which we might... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1868 - 264 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoc, plays the philologer here,)* that the names of almost all animals so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact, indeed, which we might... | |
 | John Earle - 1871 - 644 pages
...(and it may be remembered that Wamba, the Saxon jester in Ivanhoe, plays the philologer here1) that the names of almost all animals, so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman — a fact indeed which we might 1... | |
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