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Anglo-Saxon Primer With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary; Eighth Edition Revised by [Henry Sweet]

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

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ASIN : B004UJLJCU
Publication date : March 30, 2011
Language : English
File size : 254 KB
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DWB

Highly Unrecommended

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2017

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This book was written in 1882, something the product description fails to make clear (I wonder why). It's antiquated and it is hard, with zero pedagogical consideration. The "reader" portion of the book contains excerpts in O.E. from the Bible, which, as the author states in his preface to the first edition, "have the great advantages of simplicity and familiarity of subject." I don't want to learn Anglo-Saxon to read the Bible. That's what Latin and Greek, among other ancient languages, are good for. I want to learn Anglo-Saxon to read epic histories and poetry. There's none of that in this book. It's chock full of other shortcomings, mainly related to its presentation. For example, the author tells you that he chooses to focus on the West Saxon dialect, but fails to tell you why that's the most important dialect of O.E. to learn. It's hard to tell what makes this "eighth edition" different from the first. Get something newer and better.

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BigBen3

A very useful reference

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2019

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The book is as advertised and very useful to us in finding the appropriate Anglo-Saxon terminology.

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M. Thorn

still an excellent resource

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014

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It might be an old publication, but it is straight forward - it delivers OE grammar in an uncomplicated, easy to understand way. There is also a nice selection of practice readings in the end. The style of the textbook is very old - fashioned - it does not seek to entertain or engage the reader the way more modern textbooks do today, but it does deliver good info in a straightforward, no-nonsense way. It is a nice supplemental reference to keep on-hand.

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Ninevin

Useful as a reference book for anyone interested in the ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018

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Useful as a reference book for anyone interested in the early use of our language.

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kad

school resource

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012

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I love the free books for the Kindle. They greatly expand our homeschool reading beyond what we can find at our library as well as allow us to keep a copy as long as we need. It has also been fun to compare how the topic has been taught over time.

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M Errington

Learn Old English

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014

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Old-fashioned, as you'd expect from a 19th century academic, but comprehensive coverage of grammar with lots of examples. Occasionally confusing, where the example doesn't seem to illustrate what it's supposed to, but probably that's me missing some subtle point. It's hard work, but learning a new language is always hard, and Old English is intrinsically difficult by nature of its archaic structures. If you're willing to persevere, read and reread, I would recommend this book.

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Gerry Blair

Learning a Language

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2014

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I have been reading Tolkien for some time which has lead me deeper and deeper into his roots. Many of these roots go down into the Anglo Saxon past. This volume has been helpful to me to begin to understand Old English with out taking a course.

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R. Rhodes

Great Practice Sentences

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013

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This edition has progressively difficult practice sentences (but, alas, no key). They are fun to work through, and after a while, you just know if you're getting them right or not.

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Les Wilkinson

A Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2020

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All you need to know about Anglo-Saxon grammar. It may be old, but it's thorough and clear. There are also some relatively simple texts to decode. The only problem is that with the Kindle format, it's tricky to refer to the glossary - which you will probably need to do quite a lot, at least to begin with! It's probably more practical to try to find a second hand paper edition...

RachelD

Old-fashioned delight

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2013

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This reminded me of old school text-books - maybe not a great recommendation to everyone, but I enjoyed its matter-of-fact clarity and structure, and the fascinating insights into the development of our language that are embedded here. I need a hard-copy text book for proper learning, but for reading on my Kindle when away from home it was great.

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To be much used

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2020

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An excellent purchase, to be much used to swot up on my A-S

Matthew Turner

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2016

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Great for free. It was interesting to see how our language had evolved from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. I could make out some words and appreciate the Germanic origin of English. Quite a dry read, picture a Latin class if you will!

Drahcir

The standard textbook ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2013

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If you really want to learn Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) then sooner or later you will need this Primer. It contains so much information that a serious student simply cannot manage without it. ...

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