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Contents.


A.D. page
Old English Pronouns 23
Old English Verbs 24
Letters cast out or put in 25
Exchange of letters 26
Prepositions still used in the old way 27
The use of man - English Negation 28
The Verb - The Article 29
The Verb do prefixed to other Verbs 30
Adverbial Idioms 31
Corruption of words - Loss of Accents 32
Alliterative Poetry 33
It still keeps its hold on us 34

CHAPTER II.

the old english, 680-1120.

the middle english, 1120-1300.

Northumbrian English 35
680. Cadmon's Runes on the Ruthwell Cross 36
737. Another piece of Cadmon's 37
800. The Northern Psalter 38
Its peculiarities 39
876. The Norse Settlement in England 40
Its abiding influence 41
900. The Rushworth Gospels 42
Southern and Northern English contrasted 43
924. King Edward's Conquests 44
941. The Five Danish Burghs 45
954. Eadred becomes the One King of England 46
The Danish influence on New English 47
970. The Lindisfarne Gospels 48
Southern and Northern English contrasted 49
Norse corruptions 50
1066. The French Conquest 51
1090. The Legend of St. Edmund 52