Lanterna Rally

Author: Walter W. Skeat

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-04

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781330689073

Excerpt from A M so-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of M so-Gothic Grammar, and a List of Anglo-Saxon and Old and Modern English Words Etymologically Connected With M so-Gothic The present book was undertaken with the view of providing English students with a useful handbook to the M so-Gothic language, free from the disadvantages which accompany most existing Glossaries of it. These are, for practical purposes, either too small or too large; either they give no references at all, or the page is crowded with references to every passage in which the word occurs. The former of these is a grave defect; the latter arrangement is, philologically, of great value, but makes a book all the more expensive to buy. Besides, the explanations are given in German, and, however improving this may be to the reader, it gives him additional trouble and often leaves him in some uncertainty after all. It is high time, moreover, that Englishmen should have useful philological books written in their own language, to a much greater extent, that is, than is now the case. The publication of Massmann's, Gaugengigl's and Stamm's editions of Ulphilas, and, in England, of Dr. Bosworth's cheap edition of the 'Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Wycliflfe, and Tyndale's Gospels' renders a good Moeso-Gothic text easily accessible, and this seems to make a small and convenient glossary, in English, the more necessary. The glossary is the only unsatisfactory part of Massmann's excellent book, a fuller notice of which will be given below. 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."