Anglo-Saxon Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary / Eighth Edition Revised

A practical introduction to Old English that combines a compact grammar with carefully chosen easy prose extracts, a glossary, and explanatory notes aimed at beginners and self-learners. Poetry is omitted in favor of Gospel passages, Chronicle items, and short homiletic and historical prose; very short sentences are grouped to illustrate specific grammatical forms. Spelling is regularized on an early West-Saxon basis, phonology is reduced to essentials, and derivation and syntax are treated alongside inflection. The glossary limits cognate references to items occurring in the texts, and the notes mainly direct the reader to the grammar so rules are applied in actual reading.