A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon LanguageG.P. Putnam, 1849 - 276 pages |
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adjectives adverbs Aefter ágan alliteration ancient noun Anglo Anglo-Sax Anglo-Saxon language baern-an baern-e blót burh burn compound Conjugation consonant daeg Dative declension denoting derived dialects eálá ealle English express feminine Genitive GERUND gewil give gód gód-an gód-e Greek guage habban haefde healf heó hine hund hwaet IMPERATIVE MOOD Indef Indefinite Tense INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive inflection lat-an Latin letters luf-ode mind Moeso-Gothic neuter NOTE nouns Old Ablative origin oththe our-two Perf Perfect participle Perfect Tense person singular Plural poetry prefix preposition pronoun Roman Runic Saxon Secondary nouns seó signifying sometimes sona sound speech staef SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Superl swá swilce syllable termination thá thaere thaes thaet thám thára Theáh thing thón thou thrý thú Thurh thý tion tongue twá twégen unnan úr-e verbs vowel waes words
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