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of Anglo-Saxon origin, and, having searched 

 all the ancient northern tongues for deri- 

 vations, boldly assume it was imported ! 



J. But, is not this word sometimes 

 pronounced like un? 



S. It is ; and the same change was, 

 doubtless, remarked by the scribes in Anglo- 

 Saxon times ; hence the variation which 

 we find in their orthography, even in the 

 same page. 



J. Then there is the word " thuck," 

 which I do not remember to have noticed 

 before, though I have frequently remarked 

 " thick." 



S. The first word "thuck" is now not 

 so frequently heard, and is only used by 

 those who adhere to the " owld taak," as 

 they style it. " Thick " is the natural 

 corruption of " thilk," which you will find 

 repeatedly in Chaucer, and "thuck" is an 

 equally natural corruption of " thulk," which 

 you will discover repeatedly in Robert of 



