A Guide to Old English
ISBN: 9780470671078 | 0470671076
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 10/17/2011
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A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners' guide. - Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English - Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student - Features selections from the greatest works of Old English literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader - Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing reade... MORE
| Foreword to the Eighth Edition | p. vi |
| Map of Anglo-Saxon England | p. vii |
| Abbreviations and Symbols | p. xv |
| How to Use this Guide | p. 1 |
| p. 1 | |
| Preliminary Remarks on the Language (§§1-4) | p. 11 |
| Orthography and Pronunciation (§§5-9) | p. 13 |
| Orthography (§5) | p. 13 |
| Stress (§6) | p. 13 |
| Vowels (§7) | p. 14 |
| Diphthongs (§8) | p. 14 |
| Consonants (§9) | p. 15 |
| Inflexions (§§10-135) | p. 17 |
| Introduction (§§10-14) | p. 17 |
| Pronouns (§§15-21) | p. 18 |
| Nouns and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them (§§22-62) | p. 20 |
| Weak Nouns (§§22-25) | p. 20 |
| Some Technical Terms (§§26-32) | p. 20 |
| Strong Nouns like stan (masc.) and scip (neut.) (§§33-44) | p. 22 |
| Masculine and Neuter Nouns in -e (§§45-46) | p. 26 |
| Strong Feminine Nouns (§§47-51) | p. 27 |
| i-Mutation (§§52-57) | p. 28 |
| Nouns Affected by i-Mutation (§§58-60) | p. 29 |
| u-Nouns (§§61-62) | p. 30 |
| Adjectives (§§63-76) | p. 31 |
| Introduction (§§63-64) | p. 31 |
| Weak Declension (§65) | p. 31 |
| Strong Declension (§§66-67) | p. 31 |
| Stem Changes in Adjectives (§§68-73) | p. 32 |
| Comparison of Adjectives (§§74-76) | p. 33 |
| Observations on Noun, Adjective, and Pronoun Declensions (§§77-81) | p. 34 |
| Numerals (§§82-86) | p. 34 |
| Strong Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them (§§87-114) | p. 35 |
| Introduction (§§87-89) | p. 35 |
| Principal Parts of the Strong Verbs (§§90-95) | p. 36 |
| Breaking (§§96-99) | p. 38 |
| Influence of Initial i, sc, h (§100) | p. 39 |
| Influence of Nasals (§101) | p. 40 |
| Summary of the Strong Verbs of Class III (§102) | p. 40 |
| The Effects of Sound-Changes on Other Strong Verbs (§103) | p. 40 |
| Strong Verbs of Class VII (§104) | p. 41 |
| Grimm's Law and Verner's Law (§§105-109) | p. 41 |
| Conjugation of the Strong Verb (§§110-114) | p. 43 |
| Weak Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them (§§115-126) | p. 46 |
| Introduction (§115) | p. 46 |
| (§§116-123) | p. 46 |
| (§§124-125) | p. 49 |
| (§126) | p. 50 |
| Anomalous Verbs (§§127-130) | p. 51 |
| Bbon (§127) | p. 51 |
| Ddn and gan (§128) | p. 51 |
| Willan (§129) | p. 52 |
| Preterite-Present Verbs (§130) | p. 52 |
| Is a Verb Strong or Weak? | |
| To which Class does it Belong? (§§131-134) | p. 53 |
| Adverbs (§135) | p. 54 |
| Formation (§135) | p. 54 |
| Comparison (§135) | p. 54 |
| Word Formation (§§136-138) | p. 55 |
| Introduction (§136) | p. 55 |
| Compounding (§137) | p. 56 |
| The Addition of Affixes (§138) | p. 57 |
| Prefixes (§138) | p. 58 |
| Suffixes (§138) | p. 59 |
| Syntax (§§139-214) | p. 61 |
| Introduction (§§139-142) | p. 61 |
| Word-Order (§§143-147) | p. 63 |
| Sentence Structure (§§148-153) | p. 66 |
| Recapitulation and Anticipation (§148) | p. 66 |
| The Splitting of Heavy Groups (§149) | p. 67 |
| Correlation (§§150-153) | p. 68 |
| Noun Clauses (§§154-161) | p. 70 |
| Introduction (§154) | p. 70 |
| Dependent Statements and Desires (§§155-156) | p. 70 |
| Dependent Questions (§§157-160) | p. 72 |
| The Accusative and Infinitive (§161) | p. 75 |
| iv Adjective Clauses (§§162-165) | p. 75 |
| Definite Adjective Clauses (§§162-163) | p. 75 |
| Indefinite Adjective Clauses (§164) | p. 79 |
| Mood (§165) | p. 80 |
| Adverb Clauses (§§166-181) | p. 81 |
| Introduction (§§166-167) | p. 81 |
| Non-Prepositional Conjunctions (§168) | p. 83 |
| Prepositional Conjunctions (§§169-171) | p. 83 |
| An Exercise in Analysis (§172) | p. 86 |
| Clauses of Place (§173) | p. 87 |
| Clauses of Time (§174) | p. 88 |
| Clauses of Purpose and Result (§175) | p. 89 |
| Causal Clauses (§176) | p. 89 |
| Clauses of Comparison (§177) | p. 89 |
| Clauses of Concession (§178) | p. 90 |
| Clauses of Condition (§179) | p. 91 |
| Adverb Clauses Expressing Other Relationships (§180) | p. 92 |
| Other Ways of Expressing Adverbial Relationships (§181) | p. 93 |
| Parataxis (§§182-186) | p. 93 |
| Introduction (§§182-183) | p. 93 |
| List of Conjunctions and Adverbs Commonly Used (§184) | p. 94 |
| Parataxis without Conjunctions (§185) | p. 96 |
| Some Special Idioms (§186) | p. 96 |
| Concord (§187) | p. 97 |
| Nouns, Pronouns and their Modifiers (§187) | p. 97 |
| Pronouns and their Antecedents (§187) | p. 97 |
| Subject and Verb (§187) | p. 98 |
| The Uses of the Cases (§§188-192) | p. 98 |
| Nominative (§188) | p. 98 |
| Accusative (§189) | p. 99 |
| Genitive (§190) | p. 99 |
| Dative (§191) | p. 99 |
| Instrumental (§192) | p. 100 |
| Articles, Pronouns, and Numerals (§§193-194) | p. 100 |
| Articles and Pronouns (§193) | p. 100 |
| Numerals (§194) | p. 101 |
| Verbs (§§195-212) | p. 101 |
| The Uses of the Present and Preterite Tenses (§§195-198) | p. 101 |
| The Resolved Tenses (§§199-204) | p. 103 |
| Introduction (§199) | p. 103 |
| The Verb 'to have' as an Auxiliary (§200) | p. 103 |
| The Verb 'to be' as an Auxiliary of Tense (§201) | p. 104 |
| The Passive (§§202-203) | p. 104 |
| Other Uses of the Present and Past Participles (§204) | p. 105 |
| The Uses of the Infinitives (§205) | p. 105 |
| The 'Modal' Auxiliaries (§§206-211) | p. 106 |
| Introduction (§206) | p. 106 |
| Magan (§207) | p. 107 |
| *Mdtan (§208) | p. 107 |
| Cunnan (§209) | p. 108 |
| *Sculan (§210) | p. 108 |
| Willan (§211) | p. 108 |
| Impersonal Verbs (§212) | p. 109 |
| Prepositions (§§213-214) | p. 109 |
| List of Prepositions (§214) | p. 110 |
| An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Studies (§§215-251) | p. 111 |
| Some Significant Dates (§§215-216) | p. 111 |
| History (§§217-218) | p. 111 |
| Archaeology (§§219-230) | p. 117 |
| Introduction (§219) | p. 117 |
| List of Abbreviated Titles (§220) | p. 118 |
| Weapons and Warfare (§221) | p. 120 |
| Life and Dress (§222) | p. 120 |
| Architecture and Buildings (§§223-224) | p. 121 |
| Sculpture and Carving (§225) | p. 122 |
| Jewellery and Metalwork (§226) | p. 123 |
| Embroidery (§227) | p. 123 |
| Coins (§228) | p. 124 |
| Manuscripts and Runic Inscriptions (§229) | p. 124 |
| The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial (§230) | p. 124 |
| Language (§§231-235) | p. 125 |
| Changes in English (§231) | p. 125 |
| The Danish Invasions (§232) | p. 126 |
| The Norman Conquest (§233) | p. 127 |
| Vocabulary (§234) | p. 127 |
| Some Questions (§235) | p. 128 |
| Literature (§§236-251) | p. 128 |
| Introduction (§§236-246) | p. 128 |
| Poetry (§§247-249) | p. 134 |
| Prose (§§250-251) | p. 135 |
| Select Bibliography (§§252-269) | p. 137 |
| General (§252) | p. 137 |
| Preliminary Remarks on the Language (§253) | p. 137 |
| Orthography and Pronunciation (§254) | p. 138 |
| Inflexions (§254) | p. 138 |
| Word Formation (§255) | p. 138 |
| Syntax (§256) | p. 138 |
| Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Studies (§§257-269) | p. 139 |
| History (§257) | p. 139 |
| Archaeology (§258) | p. 139 |
| Language (§§259-261) | p. 140 |
| History of English Prose (§259) | p. 140 |
| Vocabulary (§§260-261) | p. 140 |
| Word Formation 140 Changes of Meaning (§260) | p. 140 |
| Borrowings (§261) | p. 140 |
| Literature (§§262-269) | p. 141 |
| Topics Raised in §§236-246 (§262) | p. 141 |
| General Criticism (§263) | p. 141 |
| Poetry Texts (§264) | p. 141 |
| Appreciation of the Poetry (§265) | p. 143 |
| The Use of Oral Formulae (§266) | p. 143 |
| Metre (§267) | p. 143 |
| Prose Texts (§268) | p. 144 |
| Sources (§269) | p. 144 |
| Strong Verbs | p. 146 |
| Some Effects of i-Mutation | p. 154 |
| Metre | p. 156 |
| List of Linguistic Terms Used in this Book | p. 163 |
| The Moods of Old English | p. 174 |
| Grimm's and Verner's Laws | p. 175 |
| Prose And Verse Texts | |
| Practice Sentences | p. 179 |
| Two Old Testament Pieces | p. 181 |
| The Fall of Man | p. 182 |
| Abraham and Isaac | p. 186 |
| A Colloquy on the Occupations | p. 190 |
| Two Characteristic Prose Works by Ælfric | p. 198 |
| Preface to Genesis 198 St. Edmund, King and Martyr | p. 203 |
| Alfred the Great's Preface to his Translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care | p. 212 |
| Cynewulf and Cyneheard | p. 216 |
| Selections from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | p. 220 |
| Bede's Account of the Conversion of King Edwin | p. 224 |
| Bede's Account of the Poet Cædmon | p. 228 |
| The Goths and Boethius: Prose and Verse from the Introduction to King Alfred's Boethius Translation | p. 234 |
| (a)-(p) Riddles | p. 239 |
| The Battle of Maldon | p. 249 |
| The Ruin | p. 261 |
| The Dream of the Rood | p. 264 |
| The Wife's Lament | p. 272 |
| The Wanderer | p. 276 |
| The Seafarer | p. 284 |
| Four excerpts from Beowulf 291 Prologue | p. 294 |
| Beowulf's Fight with Grendel | p. 296 |
| Beowulf Consoles Hrothgar for Æschere's Death | p. 303 |
| The Lament of the Last Survivor | p. 306 |
| Beowulf's Funeral | p. 307 |
| Wulf and Eadwacer | p. 309 |
| Judith | p. 312 |
| Cotton Gnomes or Maxims | p. 325 |
| Sermo Lupi ad Anglos | p. 329 |
| Glossary | p. 337 |
| Indexes to Part One | p. 418 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 418 |
| Index of Words | p. 422 |
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Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus at Yale University. He is a Fellow and past President of the Medieval Academy of America, and has received many honors. He has written extensively on Beowulf, Old English, and English and American literature and language of all periods.
Bruce Mitchell is late Fellow Emeritus of St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
Bruce Mitchell is late Fellow Emeritus of St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
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