The Student's Chaucer: Being a Complete Edition of His Works (Classic Reprint)

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Walter W. Skeat

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Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula (Classic Reprint)

Anthropologist Walter Skeat's Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula was written to introduce the reader to the Malay people, of what is now known as Malaysia, and their customs and popular religion.The book opens with the theory of creation as understood and passed down by the peoples of the Malay Peninsula. This marks a logical starting point for a detailed discussion of the beliefs of the Malays. The book proceeds to tackle a wide range of Malay folklore and legend, all of which serve to further the reader's understanding of the Malays. Topics include nature; man's place in the universe; man's relationship with the supernatural world; Malay gods, spirits, and ghosts; and finally magic rites connected to nature and affecting man are all subjects to which the author has dedicated chapters. The book is thorough, and if not completely exhaustive, still fairly all encompassing of the religious and spiritual beliefs of the Malay. Illustrations are present to better illuminate some of the text.Skeat's knowledge of the topic is impressive. At over 700 pages, this is a large volume that is meant to be slowly digested. No prior knowledge of the Malay people is required before endeavoring to read this book, and the patient reader will be rewarded with a wonderful picture of the Malays. With assertive prose and a logical path through the subject matter, Skeat has made this work a joy to read.Malay Magic will appeal to anybody interested in the people of the Malay peninsula, as well as avid readers of folklore and students of anthropology. While now more than one hundred years old, this book is still an excellent introduction to a fascinating group of people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

History

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

<p>Discusses the origins, derivation, and meanings of selected words in the English language</p>

Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Philosophy

Perigee Trade

The pioneering work on the roots & origins of the English language. The remarkable scholarship of Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912) was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English literature, & he inspired later philologists & lexicographers. Skeat's astonishing detective work into the origins & development of the world's most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility & richness. This edition of his larger Etymological Dictionary is not a mere abridgment, but was entirely rewritten by Skeat.

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

Diane Pub Co.

Description: Newly type-set reprint of the 1888 Middle English Dictionary by Mayhew & SkeatSynopsis:A reprint of A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1888) by the prominent Middle English scholars and lexicographers Rev. A. L. Mayhew, M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford, and Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Litt.D.; LL.D. Edin.; M.A. Oxon., Ellington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge. This Dictionary will easily pave the way for a clearer understanding of the birth of modern English while providing the medieval English reader with an invaluable resource for reading and understanding all of the important English texts published between 1150 to 1580 A.D. Originally published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, this long out-of-print Middle English Dictionary is newly available with type entirely reset. This edition should not be confused with other significantly pricier "facsimile" editions or "scanned" editions which do not preserve the original Middle English and Greek alphabet characters of the original book. Book Details:  · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: R A SITES BOOKS (July 2005)

A Concise Dictionary Of Middle English: From A.D. 1150 To 1580

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Anthony Lawson Mayhew

History & Criticism

R. A. Sites Books

Pagan Races of Malay 2Vl

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...thereby transferred to the Latoomflower, in which it was believed to be imprisoned by the " s'lowk" tassels. Vaughan-Stevens found these charms among the Central Sakai (Senoi), Besisi, Kenaboi, but not among the Jakun or Benua-Jakun.3 'Favre in Ann. de la P. de la Foi, xxii. 303.! Cp. Z.f. E. 1894, p. 152. "S'lowk " qu. = " sela' " (" leaf")? 3 Eth. Notizblatt, i. 1-4. Interpretation of Dreams--the Dream Ceremony. The Sakai attach great importance to dreams, bringing formal reports of them to the magician or the midwife; the man to the former, the woman to the latter. The dreams of the lay members of the tribe are of no special interest, but the magicians in dreams receive inspiration from spirits that are well disposed.1 Of special significance are those dreams regarded which are awaited by all magicians and the whole tribe on important occasions, the Batin being the chief person involved. These gatherings were held on the highest accessible mountain summit in the territory of the tribe, and occupied several days' time, since it was required that each of the dreams should be repeated upon three successive nights. There has been no such gathering since the disappearance of Berchanggei Besi; all that the present magicians know with regard to such ceremonies being that the Batin invoked the help of Tuhan in some form now forgotten, and that the Batin then fell immediately asleep and the dreams came to him in a disguised form, and after his awaking were interpreted by the magicians.2 Sakai children are named in accordance with dreams, in which there appeared the track of a tiger, a tree, an insect, etc.8 Use of Love-philtres. The Sakai, like the Semang, have a great reputation (especially among the Malays) for love-philt...

Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...wombe, and glorie in confusioun of hem.'--Wycliffe's Bible, Phil. iii. 18, 19 (earlier version). 91. slauthe, sloth. I retain this reading (that of both the MSS.), though I have been told that it certainly ought to be slaughte = slaughter, because it refers to ' whos ende is deeth,' quoted in the note above. But the author is not very accurate in quotation, and has already introduced the expression Such slomerers in slepe, to which slauthe answers well enough. Sloth and Gluttony are constantly mentioned together by our old writers, as they were the two of the seven deadly sins which seemed most akin; so here, 'their sloth is their end, and their gluttony is their God.' Slaughte occurs in Text C. 97. andfele mo othere, and (so are) many others besides. 100. The error 'willen' in MS. A arose from misreading ' wiflen,' written with two long esses; see foot-notes to 11. 233, 531, and 577. 103. Menoures, Minorites. There was some truth in the Minorites' assertion. They seem to have kept their vows of poverty much more strictly than did the other orders. At first, they settled in the poorer suburbs of crowded towns, among the dregs of the population, and they nursed the patients in the leper hospitals. See the most interesting preface to Monumenta Franciscana, by J. S. Brewer. 107. Compare the account of friars in Plowm. Tale, 869:--At the wrestling, and at the wake, And chefe chauntonrs at the nale (ale); Market-beters, and medling make, Hoppen and houten with heve and hale, &c. 116. to coveren with our bones, to cover our bones with. There are several other instances in the poem of this curious position of the word with. See 1. 401. It is common elsewhere. 118. burwgh, a borough; i.e. a large convent. The buildings of the Minorites were, at first, of the me...

Pierce the Ploughmans crede (about 1394 A.D.)

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