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Carregando... Old English, grammer & reader (original: 1970; edição: 1970)de Robert E. Diamond
Informações da ObraOld English Grammar and Reader de Robert E. Diamond (1970)
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This book makes learning Old English easy. It contains a simplified grammar, a minimum of phonology, well-chosen selections from Old English prose, and rich selections from Old English poetry. The texts are in regularized spelling, based on Early West Saxon, so that beginners will not have to wrestle with a shifting orthography. All texts come with facing-page literal translations. The prose selections include: "The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan"; "The Story of King Cynewulf of Wessex"; "The Wars of King Alfred against the Vikings"; and King Alfred's Preface to Cura Pastoralis. The poetry includes: Caedmon's "Hymn" from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Battle of Brunanburg; The Battle of Maldon; The Dream of Rood from the Vercelli Book; The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife's Lament, The Storm Riddles, The Panther, and The Whale from The Exeter Book. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Exemplary prose and poetry includes: The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, The Story of King Cynewulf, The Wars of King Alfred against the Vikings, Alfred's Preface to the Pastoral Care, descriptions of battle, The Dream of the Rood, The Seafarer, The Wife's Lament, and Maxims (from the Exeter Gnomes), and The Panther.
Old English has grammatical gender for all nouns, without reference to the nature of the thing referred to -- "woman" is the neuter noun WIF.
All nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have one of four grammatical Cases: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, and Accusative. The ambiguity of Modern English is impossible -- as in "The king called the man a servant." [16]
The Verbs have only two Tenses: Past and Present. to express futurity, the present is forced (called a "preterite").