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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

English in its earliest shape.

A.D. page
The Aryan Clan on the Oxus 1
Their way of life 2
Words common to Sanscrit and English 3, 4
Aryan Suffixes kept by us 5
The origin of ward and like 6
Aryan Comparatives and Superlatives 7
The Aryan Verb - Strong Perfects 8
The Participle, Strong and Weak 9
Aryan Irregular Verbs 10
Our forms akin to Latin and Greek 11
Our forms akin to Lithuanian 12
The Three divisions of Teutons 13
Inflections of their Substantive and Verb 14
Teutonic Endings of Nouns 15
Weak Perfects - Inroads on the Celts 16
The Teutons attack the Latins 17
450. The Beowulf, an English Epic 18
The English seize Britain 19
600. They are Christianized 20
Old English Substantives 21
Old English Adjectives 22