Download or read book An Anglo Saxon Reader written by James Wilson Bright and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old English Grammar Reader written by Robert E. Diamond and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes learning Old English easy. It contains a simplified grammar, a minimum of phonology, well-chosen selections from Old English prose, and rich selections from Old English poetry. The texts are in regularized spelling, based on Early West Saxon, so that beginners will not have to wrestle with a shifting orthography. All texts come with facing-page literal translations. The prose selections include: "The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan"; "The Story of King Cynewulf of Wessex"; "The Wars of King Alfred against the Vikings"; and King Alfred's Preface to Cura Pastoralis. The poetry includes: Caedmon's "Hymn" from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Battle of Brunanburg; The Battle of Maldon; The Dream of Rood from the Vercelli Book; The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife's Lament, The Storm Riddles, The Panther, and The Whale from The Exeter Book.
Download or read book The Cambridge Old English Reader written by Richard Marsden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with the addition of a new 'Beginning Old English' section for newcomers to the Old English language, along with a new extract from Beowulf. The fifty-seven individual texts include established favourites such as The Battle of Maldon and Wulfstan's Sermon of the Wolf, as well as others not otherwise readily available, such as an extract from Apollonius of Tyre. Modern English glosses for every prose-passage and poem are provided on the same page as the text, along with extensive notes. A succinct reference grammar is appended, along with guides to pronunciation and to grammatical terminology. A comprehensive glossary lists and analyses all the Old English words that occur in the book. Headnotes to each of the six text sections, and to every individual text, establish their literary and historical contexts, and illustrate the rich cultural variety of Anglo-Saxon England. This second edition is an accessible and scholarly introduction to Old English.
Download or read book Introduction to Old English written by Richard Hogg and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A student's introduction to the first centuries in the history of the English language. The first edition of "e;An Introduction to Old English"e; was written by Richard Hogg. The second edition has been revised by Rhona Alcorn. Combining a wide variety of short texts with a coherent and up-to-date assessment of the forms of language which remain as the foundation of English today, this introduction offers a unique study of Old English in context. It is designed for students unfamiliar with the earliest stages of the English language and provides a basis for further study of the history of the language to the present day. All the basic elements of Old English are covered, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, syntax, word order, vocabulary and sound values. Wherever possible comparisons are drawn between Old English and the present-day language, but also with other related languages such as Dutch, German and French. There are also chapters introducing Old English poetry and dialect variation, as well as a chapter looking at what happened to the language after the Norman Conquest.
Download or read book An Anglo Saxon Primer written by Henry Sweet and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anglo Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections Syntax Selections for Reading and Glossary written by C. Alphonso Smith and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. Alphonso Smith's 'Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book' is a concise guide to the essentials of Anglo-Saxon grammar. Written for beginners, the book focuses on providing just enough information to understand Old English literature and grammar without overwhelming the student. The grammar exercises and reading selections are carefully chosen to reinforce the lessons taught in each chapter. With its emphasis on practical application and historical context, this book is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in learning Old English. The glossaries at the end of the book provide useful reference tools for both translating Old English into modern English and vice versa.
Download or read book Bright s Old English Grammar Reader written by James Wilson Bright and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1971 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elements of Old English written by Samuel Moore and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Introduction to Old English written by Peter S. Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a “minitext” feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred’s Preface to Gregory’s Pastoral Care
Download or read book An Old English Grammar written by Randolph Quirk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed especially for the literary student of English, and provides a single compact grammar primarily concerned with Classical Old English, rather than the other Old English dialects. The book takes a descriptive approach and avoids assuming a knowledge of Germanic philology. The introduction provides a minimum background of knowledge and indicates the kinds of evidence on which the grammatical description is based.
Download or read book Old English Reader written by Murray McGillivray and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The texts in this reader include prose, metrical prose, and poetry, and represent a variety of genres (saints’ lives and metrical charms as well as heroic verse). Frequently taught canonical texts are balanced with interesting, lesser-known works. The glossary is at the back of the book, and the companion website includes texts with clickable glossing, as well as additional texts for study.
Download or read book An Anglo Saxon reader in prose and verse with grammatical intr notes and glossary by H Sweet written by Henry Sweet and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teach Yourself Old English written by Mark Atherton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Gentle Introduction to Old English written by Murray McGillivray and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to ease the beginner into competent reading of Old English texts. It presents the essential points of Old English grammar and also includes a selection of short, relatively simple original language texts, glossed and annotated. Numerous practice exercises are also included throughout. A companion website includes additional interactive exercises, a fuller grammar, and further original language texts.
Download or read book A Guide to the Anglo Saxon Tongue written by Edward Johnston Vernon and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Steps in Old English written by Stephen Pollington and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete, well presented and easy to use Old English language course which contains all the exercises and texts needed to learn Old English. The course has been designed to be of help to a wide range of students, from those who are teaching themselves at home, to undergraduates who are learning Old English as part of their English degree course. The author is aware that some students have difficulty learning languages and that many have trouble with grammar. To help overcome these problems he has adopted a step by step approach that enables students of differing abilities to advance at their own pace. The course contains exercises designed to aid the learning process.
Download or read book English Heritage Book of Anglo Saxon England written by Martin G. Welch and published by Batsford. This book was released on 1992 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grossbritannien/Irland - Siedlung - Holzarchitektur.
