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The Husband's Message — [http://www.aspp.ca/index.html] is an Old English poem, the author of which is unknown. It is found only in the Exeter Book, one of the few surviving poetic compilations from the Anglo Saxon period. The Husband s Message is short by comparison to … Wikipedia
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happen — [14] Surprisingly for such a common verb, happen is a comparatively recent addition to the English language. Old English had a number of verbs denoting ‘occurrence’, all long since defunct, including gelimpan and gescēon, and in the 13th century… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
happen — (v.) c.1300, to come to pass, occur, originally occur by hap, to have the (good or bad) fortune (to do, be, etc.); see HAP (Cf. hap) (n.). Replaced O.E. gelimpan, gesceon, and M.E. BEFALL (Cf. befall). In Middle English fel it hap meant it… … Etymology dictionary
happen — [14] Surprisingly for such a common verb, happen is a comparatively recent addition to the English language. Old English had a number of verbs denoting ‘occurrence’, all long since defunct, including gelimpan and gescēon, and in the 13th century… … Word origins
