Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: With a Praxis (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Rask, Rasmus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330529863 ISBN 13: 9781330529867

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: With a Praxis

But this circumstance renders it still more necessary: to German scholars: to them the Anglo Saxon is almost what the Icelandic is to those of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; not because the German and Dutch can, strictly speaking, be con sidered as derived from it, but because, of the old-saxon,,and other ancient, exstinct, dialects, from which, they are derived, such small fragments are transmitted to us, that they'rnust, in great mea sure, be explained and illustrated by the aid of the anglo-saxon; to which tongue;recourse may be had, where the others completely desert the phi lologist; for the Icelandic lies more remote for Germans, though quite as interesting to them, as anglo-saxon to Scandinavians.

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Excerpt from Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: With a Praxis The Anglo-Saxon Language, as well as its literature, holds unquestionably a rank inferior to the ancient Scandinavian, in respect both of intrinsic excellence, and of interest and importance, at least to the inhabitants of the North. It belongs to another, though nearly allied, family, namely, the Teutonic; it has a simpler structure, and fewer inflections, thereby discovering itself to be a younger or, at least, more mixed, and less original, language, and consequently bears a less degree of value in an etymological point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330529863
• ISBN 13: 9781330529867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296