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Part 1 Preliminary remarks on the language; orthography andpronunciation; inflexions; word formation; syntax; an introduction toAnglo-Saxon studies. Part 2 Practice sentences; two Old Testamentpieces; a colloquy on the occupations; two characteristic prose worksby Aelfric; Alfred the Great's preface to his translation of Gregory's"Pastoral Care"; Cynewulf and Cyneheard; selections from the"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"; Bede's account of the conversion of KingEdwin; Bede's account of the poet Caedmon; the Goths and Boethius;riddles; "The Battle of Maldon"; "The Ruin"; "The Dream of the Rood";"The Wife's Lament"; "The Wanderer"; "The Seafarer"; four excerpts from"Beowulf"; a note on the pronunciation of Old English poetry.