A Grammar of Old English, Volume 2 Morphology [Hardcover]

• Incorporates insights derived from the latest theoretical and technological advances, which post-date most Old English grammars
• Utilizes the databases of the Toronto Dictionary of Old English project - a digital corpus comprising at least one copy of each text surviving in Old English
• Features separation of diachronic and synchronic considerations in the sometimes complicated analysis of Old English noun morphology
• Includes extensive bibliographical coverage of Old English morphology

Preface x

Acknowledgments xii

List of abbreviations xiii

1 Preliminaries 1

2 Nouns: Stem Classes 7

I Early backgrounds (§§1–9) 7

II Vocalic stems (§§10–77) 14

1 a-stem nouns (§§10–33) 14

(a) Simple a-stems (§§11–18) 14

(b) ja-stems (§§19–26) 18

(c) wa-stems (§§27–33) 22

2 d-stem nouns (§§34 –54) 26

(a) Simple d-stems (§§35– 44) 26

(b) jd-stems (§§45–51) 32

(c) wd-stems (§§52– 4) 36

3 i-stem nouns (§§55–70) 37

4 u-stem nouns (§§71–7) 46

III Consonantal stems (§§78–114) 48

1 n-stem nouns (&lc_