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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">David,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">An interesting observation. When I checked, 9
out of 10 of the top 10 most common nouns in English have an OE origin. But as
you can see from the listing they all have a change in their form from OE
to modern English and for most of them the meaning has changed - some
significantly. So, the question comes to my mind: What has persisted over
the past 2000 years?</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Arial Unicode MS">TOP 10 NOUNS</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">1 Time<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: tīma ‘time, good time, prosperity’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">2 Person<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OF: persona, L: persōna ‘actor’s mask, character in a play’ later ‘human
being’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">3 Year<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: ġē(a)r ‘pl. period, times’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">4 Way<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: weġ / weder from ‘move, carry’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">5 Day<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: dæġ ‘12 hours’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><FONT
face="Arial Unicode MS"><SPAN lang=EN-US>6 Thing<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman Special G2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Times New Roman Special G2'"><SPAN
style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Times New Roman Special G2'"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US>ing ‘affair, business, deed act’</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">7 Man<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: man(n) ‘vassal, manservant’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">8 World<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: werold ‘age, life of man’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">9 Life<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: lif ‘life, person’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">10 Hand<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>OE: hand, hond ‘hand’</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I am sending this as unicode. So apologies to
any who can't read some of the characters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">John Roberts</FONT></DIV>
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face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT>
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