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|Text=<p>Scholars report that the <u>Chronicle of Britain</u> [1205] contained the words "Summe heo driuen balles wide . . ." which they see as "the first known use of the word <i>ball</i> in the sense of a globular body that is played with." The source? Old Norse, by way of Middle English. [Old High German had used <i>ballo</i> and <i>pallo</i>, but the English didn't use "ball" in those days.] The source does not say whether people in England used some other term for their rolling playthings prior to 1205.</p> | |Text=<p>Scholars report that the <u>Chronicle of Britain</u> [1205] contained the words "Summe heo driuen balles wide . . ." which they see as "the first known use of the word <i>ball</i> in the sense of a globular body that is played with." The source? Old Norse, by way of Middle English. [Old High German had used <i>ballo</i> and <i>pallo</i>, but the English didn't use "ball" in those days.] The source does not say whether people in England used some other term for their rolling playthings prior to 1205.</p> | ||
<p>Source: Wikipedia entry on "ball," accessed 5/31/2006.</p> | <p>Source: Wikipedia entry on "ball," accessed 5/31/2006.</p> | ||
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Text | Scholars report that the Chronicle of Britain [1205] contained the words "Summe heo driuen balles wide . . ." which they see as "the first known use of the word ball in the sense of a globular body that is played with." The source? Old Norse, by way of Middle English. [Old High German had used ballo and pallo, but the English didn't use "ball" in those days.] The source does not say whether people in England used some other term for their rolling playthings prior to 1205. Source: Wikipedia entry on "ball," accessed 5/31/2006. |
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