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* Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontė 1847 *

Old English, from 700 - 1100 AD

(NB: ð and þ are 'th' sounds in Old English)

Bethought - (now archaic) from OE beðencan
Burden - OE byrðen (Middle English burthen)
Eyes - OE eage, eye
Fire - OE fyr, fire
Good - OE god, from Old Saxon
Hand - OE hand
Know/knew - OE cnawen, know
Life - OE lif, life
Nothing - OE nan þing, no thing
Owing - OE agan (we keep the 'g' in ought)
Say/said - OE secgan from Old Saxon
Way - OE weg from Old Saxon
Words
- OE word (Dutch woord)
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