Introduction to Anglo-Saxon : an Anglo-Saxon reader : with philological notes, a brief grammar, and a vocabulary

Francis Andrew March

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• English language
• Old English

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Anglo-Saxon.toIntroduction
AN
READER,ANGLO-SAXON
WITH
BRIEF GRAMMAR,NOTES, APHILOLOGICAL
A VOCABULARY.AND
MARCH, LL.D.,FRANCIS A.By
COL-AND COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN LAFAYETTEOF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGEPROFESSOR
COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE,"AUTHOR OF "ALEGE,
" THE ENGLISH LAHGUAGE," ETC.OF PHILOLOGICAL STUDY OFMETHOD
NEW YORK:
& BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,HARPER
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
I 896.Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
FRANCIS A. MARCH,
(n the Cerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.rs
PREFACE.
It seems to be agreed that every English scholar ought to have
some scholarly knowledge ofthe language. Then every
He oughtEnglish scholar ought to study Anglo-Saxon. to read
representative passages in representative books of the literature
thoroughly, dwelling on them line by line, and word by word,
the text the foundation of general philologicaland making
daily lesson for one term ought to be givenstudy. At least a
of our colleges.to this study in each
work are here given inEnough such extracts for two terms'
a critical text. The notes contain, besides explanatory matter,
of the authors,outlines of the literature, biographical sketches
and bibliographical notices of manuscripts and editions. The
Comparative Grammar opens with a history of theauthor's
illustrates the grammatical forms by those oflanguage, and
Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Oldthe Sanskrit, Greek,
German. It is part of the plan to give aNorse, and Old-High
Thus it is supposed that appara-full etymological vocabulary.
study of a portion of this tonguetus is provided for as thorough
text-books.as can be given to Greek or Latin with our college
In this edition a brief grammar has been introduced, that it
may be fitted for general use as an introduction to the study of
Anglo-Saxon in High Schools and Academies where they might
the Comparative Grammar. The etymological part of thefear
future edition. It was thoughtVocabulary is reserved for a
of list of words bybest to make sure of the completeness the
working it over in class before giving it its final shape.
The selections were stereotyped, and the book and its plan
announced in 1865.
F.A.M.
Eastern, Pa., June, 1870.
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