Talk:grammary

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Other meanings[edit]

This English term could have another meaning like magic:

  • 1840, Thomas Warton & Richard Price, The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the eleventh Century to the Commencement of the eighteenth Century [...], vol. I of 3, page 40:
    Tall at times his stature grew, with spells of grammary,
  • 1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets and Poetry of Europe. With Introductions and Biographical Notices, page 207 (section: The Heldenbuch, or Book of the Heroes):
    She took a spell of grammary, and threw it on the knight:

-84.161.63.77 14:09, 21 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

That's gramarye sense 2. Perhaps this is an alternative spelling? Equinox 14:11, 21 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
I've added this additional sense. — SGconlaw (talk) 18:58, 5 November 2017 (UTC)Reply