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An Introduction to Old English Language and Literature![]() with Nicholas Groves, MA, Bmus, FBS, FSAScotat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo
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10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
10.15-11.15 | Old English – background, sources, etc. Pronunciation, vocabulary | ||
11.15 | Coffee | ||
11.30-12.30 | Language familiarization exercises I | ||
12.30 | Lunch break | ||
14:00-15.00 | Old English poetry – how does it work? | ||
15:00 | Tea break | ||
15:15-16.15 | Language familiarization exercises II |
Much of this list is out-of-print, but should be available through a library, or second-hand sources.
Old English Language books
Blakeley, L: Teach Yourself Old English; English Universities Press 1964
Mitchell, B and Robinson, FC: A Guide to Old English; Blackwell. 6 th ed
Quirk, R and Wrenn, CL: An Old English Grammar; Methuen 1957
Sweet, H: Anglo-Saxon Primer; OUP [many editions]
Sweet, H: Anglo-Saxon Reader; OUP [many editions and editors]
DictionariesHall, JRC, and Meritt, HD: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary; CUP 1970; repub MART 1984.
Pollington, S: Wordcraft: a concise dictionary and thesaurus, modern English to Old English; Anglo-Saxon Books, 1993.
Sweet, H: The Student’s Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon; OUP 1896 [many reprints]
History of the English Language .
Baugh, AC and Cable: A History of the English Language; RKP 2002 (5 th ed)
Brook, GL: A History of the English Language; Andre Deutsch, 1958
Burchfield, R: The English Language; OUP 1985
Potter, S Our Language; Penguin 1966 [good simple introduction]
Strang, B: A History of English; Methuen 1970 [rather more advanced]
Cognate LanguagesGordon, EV: An Introduction to Old Norse; OUP 1957 (2 nd ed)
Robinson, OW: Old English and its closest relatives; Routledge, 1992
Wright, J: Grammar of the Gothic Language; OUP 1917.
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