Author : Henry Sweet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317846468
An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse by Henry Sweet Pdf
First published in 2005. An excellent introduction to Old English, this book begins with an elementary grammar, ably preparing students for the thirty-four texts that follow. Among the carefully selected stories, verses and histories can be found a wide sampling of dialects: West Saxon, Northumbrian, late and early Kentish and early Mercian. A comprehensive glossary is included.