Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Works Cited
I. Grammar
Introduction
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Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Works Cited
I. Grammar
Introduction
Chap. I
• Phonology and Orthography
Chap. II
• Grammatical Gender
• Case Functions
• Masculine a-Stems
• Anglo-Frisian Brightening and Restoration of a
Chap. III
• Neuter a-Stems
• Uses of Demonstratives
• Dual-Case Prepositions
• Strong and Weak Verbs
• First and Second Person Pronouns
Chap. IV
• ō-Stems
• Third Person and Reflexive Pronouns
• Verbal Rection
• Subjunctive Mood
Chap. V
• Weak Nouns
• Tense and Aspect
• Forms of bēon
Chap. VI
• Strong and Weak Adjectives
• Infinitives
Chap. VII
• Numerals
• Demonstrative þēs
• Breaking
• Final Fricatives
• Degemination
• Impersonal Verbs
Chap. VIII
• West Germanic Consonant Gemination and Loss of j
• wa-, wō-, ja-, and jō-Stem Nouns
• Dipthongization by Initial Palatal Consonants
Chap. IX
• Proto-Germanic e before i and j
• Front Mutation
• hwā
• Verb-Second Syntax
Chap. X
• Present Inflections of Strong Verbs
• Consonant-Stem Nouns
• Conjunctive Adverbs
Chap. XI
• Strong Verbs of the First and Second Classes
• Conjugation of Strong Verbs
• Absolute Constructions
Chap. XII
• Strong Verbs of the Third Class
• Verb Prefixes
Chap. XIII
• Strong Verbs of the Fourth and Fifth Classes
• i- and u-Stem Nouns
• Variant Spellings with g
Chap. XIV
• Strong Verbs of the Sixth and Seventh Classes
• Variant Spellings with hr-
• Contractions with ne
• Negative Concord
Chap. XV
• Weak Verbs of the First Class
• West Saxon Spellings
• æ before Nasal Consonants
Chap. XVI
• Conjugational Irregularities in Weak Verbs of the First Class
• Confusion of High Front Vowels
• Chap. XVII
• Back Mutation
• Weak Verbs of the Second and Third Classes
• Change of sel- to syl-/sil-
Chap. XVIII
• Preterite-Present Verbs
• Prehistoric Anglo-Frisian Loss of Nasals before Fricatives
• Confusion of iġ and ī
• Convergence of Unstressed Vowels
Chap. XIX
• Strong Verbs with Weak Presents
• Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Chap. XX
• Loss of Medial h
• Contracted Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives
Chap. XXI
• Anomalous Verbs
• Rules for Palatalization and Affrication
• Rules for Apocope and Syncope
Appendix A: Sound Changes in the History and Prehistory of English.
• Grimm’s Law
• Verner’s Law
• Chief Developments of the Germanic Consonants into Old English
• Chief Developments of the Stressed Vowels
• Chief Developments of the Unstressed Vowels
• The Proto-Indo-European Origins of Old English Ablaut
• Sound Changes in the Language after the Old English Period
Appendix B: Old English Dialects, with Dialect Texts
• General
• Specifically Kentish Characteristics
• General Anglian Features
• Specifically Mercian Characteristics
• Specifically Northumbrian Characteristics
• The Poetic Dialect
• Samples of Texts in Non-Saxon Dialects
Appendix C: Old English Poetic Diction and Poetic Form
• Poetic Diction
• Poetic Form
II. Anthology
1. Two Selections from the Old English Bede
A. The Arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain
B. The Story Of Cædmon
2. King Alfred’s Preface To The Pastoral Care
3. Selections from the Parker Chronicle for 892–900
4. Ælfric on the Three Estates
5. The Vision of Leofric
6. Ælfric’s Passion of Saint Agatha
7. Three Selections from the Old English Orosius
A. The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
B. The Amazons
C. Pyrrhus’s Wars with Rome
8. Sermo lupi ad anglos
9. Wulfstan's De falsis dies
10. Boethius and Theodoric
11. Constantine Goes to Battle, from Cynewulf’s Elene
12. Vain Glory
13. Soul and Body II
14. A Selection of Riddles from the Exeter Book
15. Dream of The Rood
16. The Wanderer
Notes On The Texts
Glossary
Names Of Persons, Peoples, and Places
Grammatical Index
Resources For Students Of Old English
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