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Scandinavian sources, as these mostly belong to an early stage of the language (see Chap. XXIII). I have also con sidered the Celtic element of the language (see Chap. XXII) as well as the words which have been borrowed, at various times, from Dutch or some other Low German source (see Chap. XXIV). A list of the few and unimportant words of German origin is also included, for the sake of completeness (see Chap. VI, p. So that all the Teutonic sources of our language are thus accounted for. Whilst the main sub jcet of the book is the native element' of our very composite language, it is convenient to consider, at the same time, all words of Teutonic origin (except such as have reached us, at second-hand, through the French or some other Romance language), as well as the words of Celtic origin and such as were borrowed from Latin at an early period.
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