weakly stressed

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• Icelandic literature — Introduction       body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic.       Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… …   Universalium

• English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …   Universalium

• a — I. noun (plural a s or as) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. the 1st letter of the English alphabet b. a graphic representation of this letter c. a speech counterpart of orthographic a 2. the sixth tone… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chirren — chir·ren (chĭrʹən) pl.n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Children.   Regional Note: The linguistic process of ellipsis allows for the deletion within words of some internal sounds, such as weakly stressed syllables and less prominent consonants. This… …   Universalium

• as — [12] Ultimately, as is the same word as also. Old English alswā ‘in just this way’ was used in some contexts in which modern English would use as, and as it was weakly stressed in such contexts it gradually dwindled to als or ase and finally to… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• float — [OE] Germanic *fleut , which produced English fleet, had the so called ‘weak grades’ (that is, variant forms which because they were weakly stressed had different vowels) *flot and *flut . The former was the source of Germanic *flotōjan, which… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• freeze — [OE] Freeze is an ancient word, which traces its history back to Indo European *preus (source also of Latin pruīna ‘hoarfrost’). Its Germanic descendant was *freusan, from which come German frieren, Dutch vriezen, Swedish frysa, and English… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• master — [OE] The Latin word for ‘master, chief’ was magister (which is generally assumed to have been based on the root of Latin magis ‘more’ and magnus ‘big’, source of English magnify, magnitude, etc). Its more obvious English descendants include… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• not — [14] In Old English and early Middle English the simple particle ne was used for making negative sentences. But it was evidently often felt to be in need of some reinforcement, for purposes of emphasis, and to do this job noht was brought in.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• sir — [13] In common with many other European terms of address for men (such as monsieur and señor), sir goes back ultimately to Latin senior ‘older’ (source also of English senior). This was reduced in Vulgar Latin to *seior, which found its way into… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• as — [12] Ultimately, as is the same word as also. Old English alswā ‘in just this way’ was used in some contexts in which modern English would use as, and as it was weakly stressed in such contexts it gradually dwindled to als or ase and finally to… …   Word origins