Among those who have kindly aided in making this edition free from error, I wish to thank especially my friend Dr. John M. McBryde, Jr., of Hollins Institute, Virginia.

C. ALPHONSO SMITH.

University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, February, 1903.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS.]

[PART I.]—INTRODUCTION.
ChaptersPages
[I.]History (§1-5)[1]
[II.]Sounds (§6-11)[4]
[III.]Inflections (§12-19)[10]
[IV.]Order of Words (§20-21)[18]
[V.]Practical Suggestions (§22-24)[21]
[PART II.]—ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX.
[VI.]The a-Declension:Masculine a-Stems (§ 25-30)[27]
[VII.]Neuter a-Stems (§31-36)[30]
[VIII.]The ō-Declension (§37-42)[33]
[IX.]The i-Declension andthe u-Declension (§ 43-55)[35]
[X.]Present Indicative Endings ofStrong Verbs (§ 56-62)[39]
[XI.]The Weak orn-Declension (§ 63-66)[44]
[XII.]Remnants of Other ConsonantDeclensions (§ 67-71)[47]
[XIII.]Pronouns (§72-77)[50]
[XIV.]Adjectives, Strong and Weak (§78-87)[53]
[XV.]Numerals (§88-92)[57]
[XVI.]Adverbs, Prepositions, andConjunctions (§ 93-95)[60]
[XVII.]Comparison of Adjectives andAdverbs (§ 96-100)[64]
[XVIII.]Strong Verbs: Class I, Syntaxof Moods (§ 101-108)[68]
[XIX.]Classes II and III (§109-113)[74]
[XX.]Classes IV, V, VI, and VII;Contract Verbs (§ 114-121)[78]
[XXI.]Weak Verbs (§122-133)[82]
[XXII.]

Remaining Verbs; Verb Phrases withhabban, bēon, and weorðan(§ 134-143)

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[PART III.]—SELECTIONS FOR READING.
[Prose.]
Introductory[98]
[I.]The Battle ofAshdown[99]
[II.]A Prayer of KingAlfred[101]
[III.]The Voyages of Ohthere andWulfstan[102]
Ohthere’s FirstVoyage[103]
Ohthere’s SecondVoyage[106]
Wulfstan’s Voyage[107]
[IV.]The Story ofCædmon[111]
[V.]Alfred’s Preface to thePastoral Care[116]
[Poetry.]
Introductory[122]
[VI.]Extracts fromBeowulf[136]
[VII.]The Wanderer[148]
GLOSSARIES.
[I.]Old English—ModernEnglish[155]
[II.]Modern English—OldEnglish[190]

OLD ENGLISH
GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES