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Note 8 — Section 95. ANGLO⁠[1]-SAXON DRESS.

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[1] Say ‘The dress of the Anglo-Saxons’.

[2] to consist of a thing, aus etwas bestehen.

[3] to descend = to reach; to, an or auf. Use the attributive construction explained in S. 48, N. 6.

[4] according to, je nach.

[5] waist = body.

[6] Females = Women.

[7] Stand, m.

[8] jede.

[9] Use the gen. of the def. art.; form, Gestalt, f.

[10] gescheitelt; on the forehead = in the middle. Use the attributive construction.

[11] and falling = which fell.

[12] voll.

[13] kurz geschoren.

[14] that — illuminations, daß der Gesichtstypus in den Abbildungen.

[15] bestimmen.

[16] Zeitalter, m., i.e. epoch.

[17] wherein = in which.

[18] ‘early’, here = first.

[19] Lord = Saviour, Heiland, m.

[20] Use the active voice with ‘man’. Comp. S. 4, N. 4.

[21] so pietätvoll.

[22] bis auf.

[23] Say ‘were first (zuerst) made (an´fertigen)’.

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