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− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from be- + stowe place |
*stow - a place on the [[surface]] of the [[earth]] or in [[space]]; occasionally, a place in a [[book]] or [[writing]]. The [[word]] [[survives]] in the [[names]] of many towns and villages, sometimes separately, as Stow in Cambridgeshire, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, Stow-on-the-Wold | *stow - a place on the [[surface]] of the [[earth]] or in [[space]]; occasionally, a place in a [[book]] or [[writing]]. The [[word]] [[survives]] in the [[names]] of many towns and villages, sometimes separately, as Stow in Cambridgeshire, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, Stow-on-the-Wold | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Bestowal''''', follow [ | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Bestowal''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Bestowal '''''this link'''''].</center> |
Latest revision as of 23:42, 12 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English, from be- + stowe place
- stow - a place on the surface of the earth or in space; occasionally, a place in a book or writing. The word survives in the names of many towns and villages, sometimes separately, as Stow in Cambridgeshire, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, Stow-on-the-Wold
- Date: 14th century