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• Old English Phrasebook

  Welcome to the Old English phrasebook! In Old English, letters of the Latin alphabet are pronounced similarly as they are in Modern English — most of the time, but this section shall list the exceptions. Rough

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• Reference 2: Verbs

  Hi, if you're new to learning languages, then please see A List of Common Linguistic Terms to learn what words like "accusative" and "strong verbs" mean. You should know that in Old English, verbs

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• Reference 3: Nouns

  Nouns fall into two main Declensions, one being called strong and the other being called weak, and, aside from these, there are a few other lesser declensions. Examples of the declensions (all declension endings are

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• Reference 1: Pronunciation

  |Not all letters have an exact equivalent in English, but I will do my best. It is also important to note that the language has been dead (has no native speakers) for about nine

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• A List of Common Linguistic Terms

  Hi, this is a list of some common linguistic terms (especially ones commonly used with Old English) and an explanation of the term. I hope this helps you to understand all the linguistic jargon on

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• Old English Wiki

  Welcome (and wilcume) to the Old English Wiki! The wiki about Old English that anyone can edit 36 articles since (Month) (Year) Helping out

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• Reference 4: Pronouns

  Hi, if you're new to learning languages, then please see a list of common linguistic terms for an explanation of things like "accusative" and "strong verbs". Notes on personal pronouns:

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• Word Lists

  Note that: N. is short for noun, V. is short for verb, prep. is short for preposition, pron. Is short for pronoun, adj. is short for adjective, adv. is short for adverb, interj. is short

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• Reference 7: Prepositions

  Prepositions are words which usually show how a verb relates to a noun or pronoun. Words like in, out, about, between, etc, are prepositions. In Old English, different prepositions made the noun/pronoun following them

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• Reference 6: Adverbs

  Adverbs must be near the word they modify: "Iċ hrāþe ēode forþ." - "I quickly went forth."

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• Word Formation

  New words were formed in a variety of ways on OE. Below are listed some common suffixes, prefixes, and useful guidelines to being creative with your OE vocabulary in ways that can commonly be understood

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• A Short History of English

  This is a short history of the English language. Old English[] The oldest known form of English is Old English (Beowulf English) (500-1100 A.D), the language which most of England used before William

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• Reading 1

  1: "Ƿes hāl! Iċ hāte Iohannes," sæȝþ Iohannes. 2: "And þū? Hū hātest þū?" ascaþ hē ōðrum hāde. 3: "Iċ hāte Ānlāf," sæȝþ Ānlāf. 4: "Hƿæt dēst þū ȝeorne, Ānlāf?" ascaþ Iohannes. 5: "Iċ ȝeorne

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• Dictionary Search/Nīwe

  Adjective New, not preexisting, not existing before, modern, recent, etc.

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• Reference 5: Adjectives

  Adjectives decline very similarly to nouns, so it should not be too hard to learn these declensions if you've already learnt the noun declensions. Strong adjectives are used when they are not preceded by

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• Old Saxon

  Nouns: Masc: man - man; mōd - mind, mood; uualdand - ruler; craft - craft; gēst - ghost; drohtin - lord; land - land; middilgard - middle-earth;

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• A Beginner's Guide to Old English

  Hi, this is a beginner's guide to Old English (but it is more of a reference than a guide). I hope it helps! Word Lists

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• Sound Changes Relevant to Old English

  The i-mutation was a vowel-mutation that has been observed to affect many Old English words. First, to understand it better, you must be aware of the different parts of the mouth in which

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• Lesson 8: Conjunctions

  Conjunctions come in handy when you want to connect clauses (or even just an element of a clause) with other(s). Words like ang, but, for, nor, etc, are conjunctions. I have listen the ones

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• Reference 11: Numerals

  Here are the cardinal and ordinal numbers from one to twenty: Note that:

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• Word Lists/Creatures

  Animal- N. (þæt) dēor (g.s. -es, n.p. -) (cf. "deer) Bear- N. (se) bera (g.s. -an, n.p. -as) (cf. "bear")

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• Relatives of Old English

  English - Old and New - has many related languages, both near and far. The closest relatives of English are the Germanic languages, which includes the following: Frisian and Saxon (one of "Anglo-Saxon's" parent languages

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• Introduction

  Hi, I have learnt (and am learning) much of the Old English language, it being the language that was spoken about one thousand years ago (500 A.D-1100 A.D) in England. Old English

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• Reference 1: Letter Pronunciation

  Vowels Letter IPA Modern English equivalent ā ɑ art a ɑː father ǣ æː dad æ æ cat ē eː they e e set ī iː queen i i quit ō oː door o o

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• Word Lists/Birds and Flying Creatures

  Air- N. (sēo) lyft (g.s. -e, n.p. -a) (cf. Md. German "Luft(waffe)") Bird- N. (se) bridd (g.s. -es, n.p. -as) (cf. "bird"), (se) fugol (g.s. -es, n.p. -as

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