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Essentials of Old English. This is a free digital textbook written by Jeremy J. Smith. It is a fairly "heavy" textbook in the sense that it does not shy away from grammatical terminology, even in t...The Magic Sheet of Old English Inflections (Letter/A4). This is a single-page cheat sheet of Old English morphology. It's handy to print out and stick on your wall for reference while you're readin...
Old English Syntax. This is a handout from the course "History and Structure of the English Language I" taught at the University of Toronto.1It covers, in very abbreviated form, many points about t...
Circolwyde Wordhord (by Carl T. Berkhout) is a glossary of modern2computer terminology in Old English, in case you want to talk about websites in Old English.Old English Aerobics Word Frequency List (Letter/A4). A vocabulary list ordered by frequency of all words that occur 10 or more times within the Old English Aerobicscorpus. Since the frequency list...How to Use Old English Dictionaries: A Guide for the Mildly Perplexed by Rachel Fletcher. This superb blog post teaches you how to use Old English dictionaries, from choosing the right dictionary t...Bosworth-Toller Dictionary. The classic Bosworth-Toller dictionary of Old English presented online in a beautiful and easy-to-use interface. Note: read the How to Use Old English Dictionariesblog p...Old English Aerobics Glossary. A good mini-dictionary for all the words in the Old English Aerobicscorpus, with links to where each word appears in context. Covers approximately 4600 unique words.Two 19th century dictionaries available on the Internet Archive: A Handy Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Harrison and Baskervill 1885) and The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon (Sweet 1896). I have not u...A Thesaurus of Old English. A thematically organized thesaurus of Old English vocabulary. I have not used this yet but it looks fantastic. Thanks to @ksymilon Twitter for the recommendation.
Readers
1. Sweet's An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse. A 19th-century graded reader of Old English. It does not give as much help as 20th-century graded readers might, but it is a good place to get level-appropriate readings. It also contains a short student's grammar of Old English which is a handy reference. 2. Bright's An Anglo-Saxon Reader. Bright's reader is very much like Sweet's, to the degree that the similarities raised some eyebrows on its release.4It can be used in much the same way...
Beowulf
1. Electronic Beowulf at the University of Kentucky. This is the full text of Beowulfin Old English, side-by-side with the manuscript page. It also has an integrated glossary. This is a truly amazing resource! The only downside is that the user interface is showing its age, and some of the controls were a little fiddly. I also had to open it in incognito mode in order for it to work, so ad-blockers and other quality-of-life tools for the modern web may interfere with its functionality. Nevert...
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Feb 26, 2024 · This synoptic edition of Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae aims to provide to new readers with a text that is both accessible and enlightening: accessible in the sense that while the original Latin is provided, so is a modern English translation which may be read parallel to to the original.
Blackletter 101: A Primer. First off, let’s get our vocabulary straight. You’ve probably heard the terms “Old English” or “gothic” in reference to blackletter. All of this terminology is interchangeable and over centuries, has become common slang to describe the style.
Do you like writing in English? In this section you can practise writing different types of texts with an example to help you. Read, write, play games, print activities and post comments!
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