OLD ENGLISH

English 425

Class Meetings: 12:30-1:45 TR
Classroom: 309 Linthicum Hall
Instructor: Edwin Duncan
Office Hours: After class and by appointment

Old English Pages (Cathy Ball) - links to websites on all aspects of Old English studies
Cook Library Resources: On-Line Databases
England c. 450-1066 in a Nutshell (Sean Miller) - history, timelines, maps, texts, links
Origins of the English Language (Merriam-Webster)
The Phonemic Alphabet (Edwin Duncan) || Quiz - slideshow with narration (23:36) and follow-up quiz, explanation of English sounds
The Indo-European Language Family (Edwin Duncan) || Quiz - video presentation with narration (18:02) and follow-up quiz
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke XV: 11-32) in Various Stages of English:
Old English || Middle English || Early Modern English || Present-Day English
Comparisons: OE-ME || OE-PDE || ME-EME || ME-PDE || EME-PDE

Old English Language Learning Sites

Introduction to Old English Language and Writing (Edwin Duncan) || Quiz - video presentation with narration (8:35) and follow-up quiz
Old English Aerobics (Peter Baker) - extensive grammar and translation exercises in javascript format
An Online Course in Old English (Murray McGillivray) - pronunciation, grammar, texts, RealAudio recordings
Old English Aloud (Steve Pollington) - texts, translations, readings in OE Poetry - Click on capital letter for sound. RealAudio recordings
King Alfred's Old English Grammar (Michael Drout) - complete Old English grammar with useful exercises, concise review of modern English grammar
Anglo-Saxon Aloud (Michael Drout) - daily reading of OE poetry, archives of past readings

Bright's Old English Glossary (Sean Crist) - Old English to English - abridged, but useful for quick reference
English to Old English Dictionary (Bill Schipper) - abridged, also useful because it begins with modern English
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd ed., by John R. Clark Hall (Sean Crist et al) - more complete
Bosworth and Toller Unabridged Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Ondrej Tichy) - most complete of all the Old English dictionaries
Thesaurus of Old English (Jane Roberts et al) - search words by category
Circolwyrde Wordhord (Carl Berkhout) - Old English computer glossary

Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry - texts of all surviving OE poetry; no translations or recordings
Beowulf in Hypertext (McMaster University) - e-edition in OE with translation
Beowulf on Steorarume: Beowulf in Cyberspace (Benjamin Slade) - e-edition in OE with translation
The Wanderer (Tim Romano) - e-edition and translation, manuscript image in black and white
Rood and Ruthwell: The Poem and the Cross (Alexander Bruce) - the poem in OE, runes, and translation, images of Ruthwell Cross
The Battle of Brunanburh (Tom Kinsella) - e-edition in OE with translation
Apocalypse in Old English Literature (Carolin Esser) - e-editions and translations of several OE texts: The Seafarer, The Phoenix, Christ III, Judgement Day I, Soul and Body I, more
Hrodulf the Red-Nosed Reindeer: An Original Old English Poem (Philip Chapman-Bell)

Prose

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - The Parker Ms. (Tony Jebson) - no translations or recordings
The Laws of Alfred and Ine (Tony Jebson) - no translations or recordings
Anglo-Saxon Charters (British Academy) - extensive information on charters, some texts, images
Regesta Regum Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon Charters (British Academy) - in Latin and OE - no translations
Wulfstan's Eschatological Homilies (Joyce Lionarons) - e-edition with translations
The Electronic Sermo Lupi ad Anglos (Melissa Bernstein) - Wulfstan's OE sermon with manuscript image, texts, translation; good for learning to read OE script
Ælfric's Homilies on Judith, Esther, and The Maccabees (Stuart D. Lee) - e-edition - OE text with notes and glossary - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
Šęt Gettysburg Gemažel - the Gettysburg Address in Old English

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Anglo-Saxon Britain - extensive collection of historical documents in translation