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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

"New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words"


BINDAN, _to bind_--band, bond, bondage, bundle.
BLAEC, _pale_--bleach, bleacher, bleak, bleakness.
BLAWAN, _to blow_--blade, bladder, blast, blaze, blazon, blister, blossom,
blow, blush, bluster.
BLETSIAN, _to bless_--bless, blessing.
BRAD, _broad_--broad, breadth, board, aboard.
BRECAN, _to break_--bray (_to pound_), breach, breaker, breakfast, brink,
broken.
BREOST, _the breast_--breast, breastplate, breastwork, abreast.
BREOWAN, _to brew_--brew, brewer, brewery.
BRUCAN, _to use_--broker, brokerage, brook (_to endure_).
BUAN, _to cultivate_--boor, boorish, neighbor, neighborhood.
BUGAN, _to bow or bend_--bay, bight, bough, bow, buxom, elbow.
BYLDAN, _to design_, _to make_--build, builder, building.
BYRNAN, _to burn_--brand, brandish, brandy, brimstone, brown, brunt,
auburn, firebrand.
CAELAN, _to cool_--chill, chilblain.
CEAPIAN, _to buy_--cheap, cheapen, cheapness, chaffer, chapman.
CENNAN, _to produce_--kin, kind, kindness, kindred, akin, mankind.
CEORL, _a churl_--carle, churlish.
CLAENE, _clean_--clean, cleanly, cleanliness, cleanse, unclean.
CLATH, _cloth_--clothe, clothier, clothing, clad, unclad.
CLEOFAN, _to cleave_; CLIFIAN, _to adhere_--cleaver, cliff, clover, club.
CNAFA, _a boy_--knave, knavery.
CNAWAN, _to know_--knowledge, acknowledge, foreknow, unknown.
CNYLL, _a loud noise_--knell.
CNYTTAN, _to knit_--knitting, knot, knotty, net, network.
CRACIAN, _to crack_; CEARCIAN, _to creak_--crack, crackle, creak, cricket,
croak, screech, shriek.


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