Grundriss zur geschichte der angelsächsischen litteratur: Mit einer übersicht der angelsächsischen sprachwissenschaft

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Veit & comp., 1885 - English literature - 532 pages

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Page 57 - ANCIENT LAWS AND INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND ; comprising Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, from JEthelbirht to Cnut, with an English Translation of the Saxon ; the Laws called Edward the Confessor's ; the Laws of William the Conqueror, and those ascribed to Henry the First ; also...
Page 87 - Kemble.— The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth till the period of the Norman Conquest.
Page 63 - The Gospel according to St Matthew in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian Versions, synoptically arranged : with Collations of the best Manuscripts. By JM KEMBLE, MA and Archdeacon HARDWICK. Demy Quarto.
Page 27 - Some testimonies of learned men, in favour of the intended edition of the Saxon Homilies, concerning the learning of the author of those homilies, and the advantages to be hoped for from an edition of them. In a letter from the publisher to a doctor in divinity...
Page 26 - An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-day of St. Gregory, anciently used in the English-Saxon Church, giving an account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity; translated into modern English, with Notes, &c.
Page 93 - The History of Britain, That part especially now call'd England. From the first Traditional Beginning, continu'd to the Norman Conquest. Collected out of the antientest and best Authours thereof by John Milton.
Page 7 - The Gospels of the fower Euangelistes, translated in the olde Saxons Tyme out of Latin into the vulgare Toung of the Saxons, newly collected out of auncient Monumentes of the sayd Saxons, and now published for Testimonie of the same.
Page 57 - Themes the Parallel Terms from the other Gothic Languages — the Meaning of the Anglo-Saxon in English and Latin— and copious English and Latin Indexes, serving as A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AND ANGLO-SAXON, AS WELL AS OF LATIN AND ANGLO-SAXON. With a Preface on the Origin and Connexion of the Germanic tongues — a Map of Languages — and the Essentials of Anglo-Saxon Grammar. By the Rev. J. BOSWORTH, LL.D.
Page 28 - The Rudiments Of Grammar For The English-Saxon Tongue, First given in English : With An Apology for the Study of Northern Antiquities. Being very useful towards the understanding our ancient English Poets and other Writers. By Elizabeth Elstob. London. Printed by W. Bowyer : And Sold by J. Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-street, and C. King in Westminster-hall, 1715.
Page 81 - Beowulf, das älteste deutsche, in ags. mundart erhaltene heldengedicht nach seinem inhalte, und nach seinen historischen und mythologischen beziehungen betrachtet. Ein beitrag zur geschichte alter deutscher geisteszustände.

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