An Anglo Saxon Reader In Prose And Verse With Grammar, Metre, Notes And Glossary
Author: Henry Sweet
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: Oxford At The Clarendon Press
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: 01 January 1940
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: Henry Sweet
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: Hardback
: Ninth Edition
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: Anglo Saxon (Old English) and English
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Local Description
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.
Description
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.
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