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ACTIONS ANGLO-SAXON ROOT-WORDS animal bird body borrowed bread giver bright BRYANT child cloth color color of night cover dawn dear place DIPHTHONGS earth English language fall farmer father feel fire fish fisher flax flowers foot frame fruit give grain grass hand Hand-Book hear heart heaven hold horse HOUSEHOLD HUNDRED hunter insect instru INSTRUCTION instrument iron kind land language learned letters lifted light lips LONGFELLOW metal milk MILLWRIGHT mind move N. P. WILLIS names of actions night old Saxon organ of speech outhouses plant plough pole star QUALITIES round Saxons sense shape sheep ship shoot shrub skin sleep soft soul sound spelling spoken word spring stone stone fruit stretch strike strong STUDY sweet syllables taste teacher thread thrust tool tree Tuisco vessel warm weaving wheel wild wings wood Words that mark write written word yellow
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