Old English English Germanic European Indo Natural Languages Linguistics
Old English English Germanic European Indo Natural Languages Linguistics
Old English
Old English, sometimes referred to as Anglo-Saxon, is a member of the Germanic family of the Indo-European languages. It is the earliest form of the English language. It was written and spoken in England from roughly the 5th to the 11th century. Its written records include the earliest known poems in the English language and a considerable body of prose.
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- Explains the structures common to all Old English poems: half-lines, metrical patterns (Sievers’ types), alliteration, kennings, and variations
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- Shows the form and pronunciation of each letter in the Old English alphabet. Includes a sample text from a manuscript, a transcription of this text, and a modern English translation.
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- Studies the position of the verb in Old English word order and shows the influence of this “V2” (verb-second) syntax on the word order of Middle English dialects.
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- A site dedicated to editions of Old English texts that include the graphotactics of original manuscripts. Graphotactics concerns the incidence and measure of spacings between strings of written symbols of a text. In such texts both the graphic symbols and
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- Merriam-Webster Online article uses a passage from Aelfric's Homily on St. Gregory to show the similarities and differences between Old English and Modern English. Also compares Middle English to Modern English and describes the Germanic roots of Old Engl
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- Abstract of a paper by Susan Pintzuk, arguing that the syntax of Old English nominal and prepositional phrases is the same in poetry as it is in prose, except when the demands of meter interfere with normal word order.
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- Shows how selected literary texts exemplify characteristic features of Old English syntax.
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- Robert D. Stevick's account of the Old English sound system. Includes exercises.
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- Introduction to Old English from the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Covers Germanic origins; Latin, Norse, and Celtic influence; dialects, phonology, and orthography; and grammar.
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- An electronic discussion group dedicated to writing and communicating in Old English. Includes event announcements and links.
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