Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book / with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
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- 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
- OLD ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND EXERCISE BOOK.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- POETRY. INTRODUCTORY.
- I. HISTORY.
- (a) Old English Poetry as a Whole.
- (b) Beowulf.
- II. STRUCTURE.
- (a) Style.
- (b) Meter.
- 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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