An Introduction to Old English
This accessible overview covers all the basic linguistic elements of Old English, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, syntax, word order, and vocabulary. Offering a unique study of Old English in context, it combines a wide variety of short texts with an up-to-date assessment of the forms of language that remain as the foundation of English today. Comparisons are drawn between Old and present-day English and also with other related languages such as Dutch, German, and French. Old English poetry and dialect variation are also discussed.
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Contents
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Exercises
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12 |
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More nouns and adjectives
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29 |
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35 |
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Verb forms
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41 |
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Strong verbs
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54 |
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Noun phrases and verb phrases
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68 |
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Clauses
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86 |
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Vocabulary
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102 |
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Variety
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115 |
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The future
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128 |
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Old Englishpresentday English glossary
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Recommended reading
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Ablaut accusative adjectives advb Ælfric alliteration areas beon Chapter class 1 verbs clause compound consonant construction context course dative declension demonstrative dialects discussion distinction Dutch element English and present-day feminine Firstly French further geminate gender genitive Germanic languages grammatical grammatical gender half-line hine i-mutation important inflection Late West Saxon Latin linguistic loan words masculine meaning Middle English Middle English period modal morphology neuter nominative nominative-accusative normal noun phrase occurs Old English period Old English poetry origin pæt paradigm past participle pattern phoneme phonological plural forms pone possible prefix prep preposition present tense present-day English present-day language pron pronouns purh Scandinavian seen sentence Sing singular stem vowel stressed syllable strong verbs structure subjunctive suffix syntax texts unstressed usage variation verb-second Verner's Law vocabulary weak verbs word order þæt