02243cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500840014226400510022630000470027733600260032433700260035033800360037650000310041250801130044352011750055653400450173165300610177665300610183785600430189834316UtSlPG20260610133801.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPE1 aSweet, Henry,d1845-191210aAnglo-Saxon Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary :bEighth Edition Revised 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-11-14  aE-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, David Clarke, Keith Edkins, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Anglo-Saxon Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary" by Henry Sweet is an educational text on Old English written in the late 19th century. This work aims to provide a straightforward introduction to the study of Old English grammar and translation, focusing on the West-Saxon dialect. It is likely that the primer serves both as a fundamental resource for beginners and as a teaching tool for more advanced scholars, ensuring an accessible yet comprehensive understanding of the language.  The opening of the primer features a preface that outlines the author's motivations for creating the text, highlighting a historical need for an effective introduction to Old English literature. Sweet discusses the limitations of previous resources and establishes the goal of this primer: to simplify the complexities of Old English and to omit poetry in favor of clear prose selections. He explains that the book is structured to provide grammatical principles along with examples grouped according to the forms they illustrate, ensuring that novices can learn effectively while gaining insights into the language's intricacies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aEnglish language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Readers  aEnglish language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Grammar40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34316