William Lily, Angli Rudimenta (1516?)
Date
1516?
Author
William
Lily
Note: 11/10/2005
Book title
Angli Rudimenta. Paruulorum Lilli nuper Impressa & correcta
Publication place
York
Printer
U. Mylner
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- grammar
- Latin
Summary
Giving instructions on how to translate an English sentence into Latin, Lily explains terms for parts of speech by reference to their physical context on the page among specific words.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: undifferentiated
Word-entry
type: gloss
sample: ¶ The verbe. ¶ I may knowe the verbe by one of these wordes/ do/ dyd haue/ had/ wyl/ shall/ wolde/ sholde/ maye/ myght/ am/ arte is/ be/ was/ were/ can/ cowde/ let/ it/ or/ must/ whiche stande eyther as sygnes before the verbe / or elles they be verbes them selfe. I call them verbes comynly whan a nowne/ or a pronowne foloweth after them. ([a1v])
sample: ¶ The verbe. ¶ I may knowe the verbe by one of these wordes/ do/ dyd haue/ had/ wyl/ shall/ wolde/ sholde/ maye/ myght/ am/ arte is/ be/ was/ were/ can/ cowde/ let/ it/ or/ must/ whiche stande eyther as sygnes before the verbe / or elles they be verbes them selfe. I call them verbes comynly whan a nowne/ or a pronowne foloweth after them. ([a1v])
Alston
XV.402
STC
15609.3
Other editions
1525?: STC 15609.5 (Alston XV.403);
1538?: STC 15610 (Alston XV.404)
1538?: STC 15610 (Alston XV.404)
