Reading Old English
Subtitle: An Introduction (Medieval European Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: West Virginia University
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9781933202013
Subjects: Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Ancient Languages - General; Medieval; English language; English philology; Grammar; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Old English, ca. 450-1100; Readers
First sentence: When the Germanic invaders arrived in Britain in the early fifth century, they brought with them a runic alphabet of about twenty-four letters.