An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse with Grammar, Metre, Notes and Glossary
Author(s): Henry Sweet
General | Language, Reference, Dictionaries | Old English-Anglo-Saxon | Rare, Collectable, Folios | Britain
Subject: Readers - Old English, approximately 450-1100.
An 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.
Ninth edition revised by C. T. Onions.
Fair to good condition. Some pages have notes/underlinings in pencil. Back and front inside spine binding slightly loose. Name inscribed on first page. Cover - some scuffing/marks, and fading on spine.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Oxford At The Clarendon Press
- : 01 January 1940
- : books
Special Fields
- : Henry Sweet
- : Hardback
- : Ninth Edition
- : Anglo Saxon (Old English) and English
- : 310