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Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson.
A Guide to Old English, revised with texts and glossary.
Published Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1982 (previous edns. were 1968 & 1964).
ISBN 0631127356.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK.
Size: 137x214x18mm.
Page count: xiv,271pp.
Main language: English; Old English texts generally given without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: some scuffs and creases on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners; printed on low-grade paper, so pages yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the half-title page, but in other respects doesn’t look too heavily used, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.00
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[Publisher’s price for 8th edn., £21.99/€26.40]
Weight without packaging: 312g.

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Contents:
Part 1: Preliminary remarks; Orthography & pronunciation; Inflexions; Word formation; Syntax; Intro. to Anglo-Saxon studies;
Part 2:Texts: Practice sentences; Old testament pieces; Colloquy on occupations; Ælfric’s preface to Genesis; Alfred the Great’s preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care; Cynewulf & Cyneheard; Selections from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Bede’s account of conversion of King Edwin; -- of the poet Cædmon; Goths in Rome — parallel prose & verse tellings in Boethius.
Appendices: Strong verbs; Some effects of i- mutation.

Introduction: pp
Notes: infrequent, at foot of page in part 1; part 2 gives notes at end of each text
Tables: 1
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 7pp
Indexes: Subjects; Words.

See also | Old English literature |
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