Bright's Old English Grammar & Reader
Author: James Wilson Bright
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13:
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Old English Grammar & Reader
Author: Robert E. Diamond
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780814315101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
A First Book in Old English
Author: Albert Stanburrough Cook
Publisher:
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 344
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Author: Richard Marsden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1316240320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Introduction to Old English
Author: Peter S. Baker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-02-20
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 047065984X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing 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
Old English Reader
Author: Murray McGillivray
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2011-04-19
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1460401514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
An Old English Grammar
Author: Randolph Quirk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-10
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1134948816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
A Gentle Introduction to Old English
Author: Murray McGillivray
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2010-12-20
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1460400941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
An Introduction to Old Frisian
Author: Rolf Hendrik Bremmer
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9027232555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian and includes a history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Covered are the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian, with a chapter on Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. Included is a reader with a representative selection of twenty-one texts with explanatory notes and a full glossary. A bibliography and a select index complete the book.
Reading Old English
Author: Robert J. Hasenfratz
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933202747
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With an expanded glossary and new readings"--P. [1] of cover.
