An Introduction to Old English
An Introduction to Old English
An Introduction to Old English
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ContentsTo readersviii1 Origins and source 11.1 <strong>Introduction</strong> 11.2 Indo-European and Germanic 21.3 The <strong>An</strong>glo-Saxon settlement 31.4 The look of <strong>Old</strong> <strong>English</strong> 41.5 Vowels 51.6 People, places and texts 61.7 The sound system of <strong>Old</strong> <strong>English</strong> 8Exercises 122 The basic elements 132.1 Change and continuity 132.2 Nouns 142.3 Demonstratives 182.4 Pronouns 192.5 A simple sentence 22Exercises 243 More nouns and adjectives 263.1 Irregular nouns 263.2 Minor declensions 293.3 Adjectives 323.4 The verb ‘<strong>to</strong> be’ 35Exercise 374 Verb forms 394.1 Verb types 394.2 A weak verb 414.3 More weak verbs 42
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