Essentials of Early English: Old, Middle and Early Modern EnglishThis is a completely revised and updated edition of a highly successful textbook. It provides a practical and highly accessible introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English. Designed specifically as a handbook for students beginning the study of early English language, whether for linguistic or literary purposes, it presumes little or no prior knowledge of the history of English.
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1st person sg 2nd person sg 3rd person adjective adverb Anglo-Saxon baet bananas binde borrowed century Chapter Chaucer Chaucerian English cnapan complex verb phrases consonants cyning Declension defined dialects diphthongs distinction Early Modern English EModE Finite verbs forms French function gender genitive Germanic Gloys grammatical grammatical gender hath haue Hengest history of English hla¯ford indicates inflected inflexions Interpretative notes appear Irreg King Late West Saxon Latin letter lexical verb lexicon linguistic London Masc prop Middle English modify N Masc Neut Norse noun phrase Old English paradigm passage past participle patterns period person pronouns persons pl Peterborough Chronicle Present-Day English pret pl pret sg preterite pronunciation refer relative pronoun sentence Shakespeare’s Sir Orfeo spelling strong verb subjunctive subordinate clause swā tense texts third person thou underlined usage varieties verb phrase vowels word-order words written