REV. WALTER W. SKEAT
LITT.D.; LL.D. EDIN.; M.A. OXON.
ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
“These our Ancient Words here set down, I trust will for this time satisfie the Reader.”
R. Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, ch. vii (at the end)
“Authentic words be given, or none!”
Wordsworth, Lines on Macpherson’s Ossian