A Guide to Old English
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A Guide to Old English is now the standard and most popular introduction to Old English language and literature. The fifth edition has been revised and corrected to take into account suggestions from teachers and students. The two most important new features are a substantial introduction to Old English metre (Appendix C of Part One) and the addition of Ælfric's account of Edmund King and Martyr to the prose texts of Part Two. Key features of Part One are the fact that sound changes are not treated as an abstract system divorced from the texts, but are discussed when they become relevant to an understanding of the apparent irregularities in inflexion; the authoritative section on syntax; and the introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies, which discusses language, literature, history, archaeology, and ways of life. In Part Two the prose texts selected are those traditionally chosen by teachers precisely because they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the period. The verse texts, which with the exception of four extracts from Beowulf are all complete, show something of the range that Old English poetry offers in mood, intensity of feeling, humour, and natural observation. The texts are accompanied by full explanatory notes at the foot of the page and a detailed glossary. Although most readers of A Guide to Old English will be undergraduate and graduate students, the book has been written so that it can be used by those working on their own who wish simply to gain a greater understanding and enjoyment of the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons.
Foreword to the Fifth EditionForeword to the Sixth EditionMap of Anglo-Saxon EnglandAbbreviations and SymbolsHow to Use this Guide11Preliminary Remarks on the Language112Orthography and Pronunciation133Inflexions174Word Formation555Syntax616An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Studies1187Select Bibliography144App. A: Strong Verbs152App. B: Some Effects of i-Mutation159App. C: Metre1611Practice Sentences1712Two Old Testament Pieces1733A Colloquy on the Occupations1824Two Characteristic Prose Works by AElfric1905Alfred the Great's Preface to his Translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care2046Cynewulf and Cyneheard2087Selections from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle2128Bede's Account of the Conversion of King Edwin2169Bede's Account of the Poet Caedmon22010The Goths and Boethius: Prose and Verse from the Introduction to King Alfred's Boethius Translation22611(a)-(p) Riddles23112The Battle of Maldon24113The Ruin25314The Dream of the Rood25615The Wife's Lament26416The Wanderer26817The Seafarer27618Four excerpts from Beowulf28319Wulf and Eadwacer29720Judith300A Note on the Punctuation of Old English Poetry313Glossary317Indexes to Part One391
