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Excerpt from Notes on Staffordshire: Place Names
The study of anglo-saxon, or old-english as some prefer to term it, is now however Open to all, and is fast being considered a necessary part of liberal edu cation. Knowledge of the language is indispensable in construing place names, as probably ninety per cent. Of them have their genesis in it. The philologist also has opportunities to refresh himself by researches in norman-french, Norse, Welsh, and other Celtic languages; so that he will probably never lack occupation, or cease to learn.
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