An Anglo-Saxon Primer: With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary:

by Henry Sweet

Overview

126 Pages. Complete and Unabridged.

From the Preface to the First Edition.

The want of an introduction to the study of Old-English has long been felt. Vernon's "Anglo-Saxon Guide" was an admirable book for its time, but has long been completely antiquated. I was therefore obliged to make my "Anglo-Saxon Reader" a somewhat unsatisfactory compromise between an elementary primer and a manual for advanced students, but I always looked forward to producing a strictly elementary book like the present one, which would enable me to give the larger one a more scientific character, and would at the same time serve as an introduction to it. Meanwhile, however, Professor Earle has brought out his "Book for the Beginner in Anglo-Saxon." But this work is quite unsuited to serve as an introduction to my Reader, and will be found to differ so totally in plan and execution from the present one as to preclude all idea of rivalry on my part. We work on lines which instead of clashing can only diverge more and more.

My main principle has been to make the book the easiest possible introduction to the study of Old-English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663534859
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/16/2020
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Henry Sweet (15 September 1845 – 30 April 1912) was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian.As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Old English and Old Norse. In addition, Sweet published works on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language and the teaching of languages. Many of his ideas have remained influential, and a number of his works continue to be in print, being used as course texts at colleges and universities.