“A “Kemp” was a wrestler—from cempa, the old English word for “champion” or “warrior.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Now! Forgive me not for what I say Much less what I feel... My lady, You the one who stole my soul… — Alexander Caban Jr Copy Share Image
“The practice of buying off the Vikings will always be associated with Æthelred in particular… [but] it was not something which proceeded… — Simon Keynes Copy Share Image
“it was decorated with Japanese fans and Chinese lanterns, which gave it a very Old English effect.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“We shall fight on the beaches,” said Churchill in 1940, “we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
“Holism, wholeness, healing, and holiness are all derived from the same root in Old English: haelen, to “make whole.” — Elaine R. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“The association of the wild and the wood also run deep in etymology. The two words are thought to have grown out… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“They then named one day after the Moon and another after the Sun, giving them a seven-day week. Seven was regarded as… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“Twelve years ago I left Boston and New York, and moved east and west at the same time. East, to a little… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old… — Susannah Carson Copy Share Image
The Roman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was, "All summer… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Do I need an attorney or something? Because really, I feel like a criminal. I mean I could have had my cellmate’s… — Lynda LeeAnne Copy Share Image
I'll sing you a new ballad, andI'll warrant it first-rate, Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“It is beneficial to consider the origins of "riddle." The Old English rædelse means "opinion, conjure" which is related to the Old… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
“Christian monks and nuns were, in effect, the guardians of culture, as they were virtually the only people who could read and… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
The word heaven means harmony. The word hell is from the old English hell, meaning to build a wall around, to separate;… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
“And I hope that all my readers are acquainted with an old English Cathedral town or I fear the significance of Mr… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Yeast. The word comes to us through Old English, from the Indo-European root 'yes'- meaning boil, foam, bubble. It does all those… — Christa Parrish Copy Share Image
“Shelby looked over to see Andrew silently mouthing syllables to himself, as if he were part of an ecstatic rite. He grinned… — Bailey Cunningham Copy Share Image
All these relics gave... Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine to memory. I liked the hush,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“As Rockwell Kent said in his Alaskan journal, 'The wonder of wilderness was its tranquility.' I wish I had said that first.… — Jack Turner Copy Share Image
