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EUROSPAN GROUP A Gentle Introduction to Old English by Murray McGillivray
This 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. PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Some Grammatical Terminology You Will NeedChapter 2: Pronunciation and Spelling of Old EnglishChapter 3: Strong Nouns and an Introduction to Old English CasesChapter 4: Demonstratives; Nominative and Genitive CasesChapter 5: A Few Old English Verbs; Accusative and Dative CasesChapter 6: Weak Verbs: Subjunctive, Participles, InfinitivesChapter 7: Strong Nouns and CasesChapter 8: Strong Verbs; Personal PronounsChapter 9: Weak Nouns and Noun Oddities; NumeralsChapter 10: AdjectivesChapter 11: Word Order in Noun Phrases and Sentences; the Subjunctive Chapter 12: Old English Metre, Poetic Diction, and Poetic SyntaxProse ReadingsAbraham and IsaacThe Birth of JesusThe Story of OhthereAelfric's ColloquySelect BibliographyIndex