Grisland seems Grims-ay, an island to the North of Iceland: though I would prefer Enkhuysan to the eastwards of Iceland, but as that was probably nothing more than an island of ice, we are compelled to assume Grims-ay, Engroneland is obviously Greenland.

Upon this, that beautiful girl, who had at first attracted the notice of Cadurcis, called out in a sweet lively voice, 'Ay! ay!

"'Deed ay, sir, this is the prophets' chalmer."

"'Y~e sh=eph~erds s~o ch=eerf~ul ~and g=ay, 'Wh~ose fl=ocks n~ev~er c=arel~essl~y r=oam; 'Sh~ould C=or~yd~on's h=app~en t~o str=ay, 'Oh!

[The reader will note that here, and elsewhere in the text, 'I' frequently = 'Ay.'] l. 32.

f. absence *autor* m. author *autoridad* f. authority *autorizar* authorize *avalorar* estimate, appreciate *avanzado* (pp. of *avanzar*) advanced *aventura* f. adventure *averiguar* find out *avisar* inform, notify *ay* exclam.

But a glass we’ll take, ere the grey dawn break, And then saddle up and away— Theodolite-tum, theodolite-ti, theodolite-too-ral-ay.

"Perdition seize them!" "Ay, perdition seize them!"

Then, as they moved off together, Teddy slipped his little hand confidingly into the big one near him, and continued, 'Do you know there's going to be a splendid tea for you all in our schoolroom to-nighthave you heard?' 'Ay; the parson was round an hour ago giving out tickets.

The lanky man was still pale from his ride, and he spluttered when he spoke: "Sa-ay!

The British Grammar, printed in 1784, and the Grammar of Murray the schoolmaster, published some years earlier than Lindley Murray's, say: "We use I as an Answer, in a familiar, careless, or merry Way; as, 'I, I, Sir, I, I;' but to use ay, is accounted rude, especially to our Betters."

A laughter it is, weping ay; Reste that traveyleth nyght and day.

[Footnote D: "Chaucer's text is: 'Thus hath this widow her litel child i-taught Our blissful lady, Criste's moder deere, To worschip ay, and he forgat it nought; For sely child wil alway soone leere.' 'For sely child wil alway soone leere,' i.e. for a happy child will always learn soon.

The distinction is maintained by Johnson, Walker, Todd, Chalmers, Jones, Cobb, Maunder, Bolles, and others; but Webster and Worcester give it up, and write "ay, or aye," each sounded ah-ee, for the affirmation, and "aye," sounded =a, for the adverb of time: Ainsworth on the contrary has ay only, for either sense, and does not note the pronunciation.