Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book

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Author

Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924

Title

Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PE: Language and Literatures: English

Subject

English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Grammar

Category

Text

eBook-No.

31277

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31277

Release Date

February 15, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR AND EXERCISE BOOK — C. ALPHONSO SMITH, Ph.D., LL.D. — PREFACE. — PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. — PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. — TABLE OF CONTENTS. — OLD ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES
2. 2.OLD ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND EXERCISE BOOK.
3. 3.PART I. INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER I. History. — CHAPTER II. Sounds. — Vowels and Diphthongs. — Consonants. — Syllables. — Accentuation. — CHAPTER III. Inflections. — Cases. — Gender. — Declensions. — Conjugations. — CHAPTER IV. Order of Words. — CHAPTER V. Practical Suggestions. — (1) Vowel-Shiftings. — (2) Analogy.
4. 4.PART II. ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX. — The Strong or Vowel Declensions of Nouns. The a- Declension. — CHAPTER VI. — ( a ) Masculine a -Stems. — CHAPTER VII. — ( b ) Neuter a- Stems. — CHAPTER VIII. The ō- Declension. — CHAPTER IX. The i- Declension and the u- Declension. — The i- Declension. (See § 58 .) — ( a ) Masculine i- Stems. — Names of Peoples. — (b) Feminine i- Stems. — The u- Declension. — ( a ) Masculine u- Stems. — (b) Feminine u- Stems. — CHAPTER X. Present Indicative Endings of Strong Verbs. — i- Umlaut. — The Unchanged Present Indicative. — The Present Indicative with i-Umlaut and Contraction. — Contraction. — CHAPTER XI. The Consonant Declensions of Nouns. — The Weak or n- Declension. — CHAPTER XII. — Remnants of Other Consonant Declensions. — Summary of O.E. Declensions. — CHAPTER XIII. Pronouns. — (1) Personal Pronouns. — (2) Demonstrative Pronouns. — (3) The Interrogative Pronoun. — (4) Relative Pronouns. — (5) Possessive Pronouns. — (6) Indefinite Pronouns. — CHAPTER XIV. Adjectives, Strong and Weak. — (1) Strong Declension of Adjectives. (a) Monosyllables. — (b) Polysyllables. — (2) Weak Declension of Adjectives. — CHAPTER XV. Numerals. — ( a ) Cardinals. — (b) Ordinals. — CHAPTER XVI. Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions. — Adverbs. — Prepositions. — Conjunctions. — CHAPTER XVII. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs. — Adjectives. — Adverbs. — Expressions of Time. — CHAPTER XVIII. Strong Verbs: Class I. ( See § 17 . ) — Syntax of Moods. — Tense Formation of Strong Verbs. — Syntax of the Verb. — CHAPTER XIX. Strong Verbs: Classes II and III. — CHAPTER XX. Strong Verbs: Classes IV, V, VI, and VII. Contract Verbs. — Contract Verbs. — CHAPTER XXI. Weak Verbs ( § 18 ). — The Three Classes of Weak Verbs. — Class I. — Preterit and Past Participle in -ede and -ed . — Preterit and Past Participle in -de and -ed . — Irregular Verbs of Class I. — Conjugation of Class I. — Class II. — Conjugation of Class II. — Class III. — Conjugation of Class III. — CHAPTER XXII. — Anomalous Verbs. (See § 19 .) — Conjugation of Anomalous Verbs. — Preterit-Present Verbs. (See § 19 .) — Conjugation of Preterit-Present Verbs. — Verb-Phrases with habban , bēon ( wesan ), and weorðan . Verb-Phrases in the Active Voice. — Verb-Phrases in the Passive Voice.
5. 5.PART III. SELECTIONS FOR READING. — PROSE. Introductory. — I. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. — II. The Translations of Alfred. — I. THE BATTLE OF ASHDOWN. — II. A PRAYER OF KING ALFRED. — III. THE VOYAGES OF OHTHERE AND WULFSTAN. — Ohthere’s First Voyage. — Ohthere’s Second Voyage. — Wulfstan’s Voyage. — IV. THE STORY OF CÆDMON. — V. ALFRED’S PREFACE TO THE PASTORAL CARE.
6. 6.POETRY. INTRODUCTORY. — I. HISTORY. — (a) Old English Poetry as a Whole. — (b) Beowulf. — II. STRUCTURE. — (a) Style. — (b) Meter.
7. 7.SELECTIONS FOR READING. — VI. EXTRACTS FROM BEOWULF. — VII. THE WANDERER. — I. GLOSSARY. — OLD ENGLISH—MODERN ENGLISH. — II. GLOSSARY. — MODERN ENGLISH—OLD ENGLISH.

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