Originally published in 1940, this book was written in 'an attempt to drive a few main lines through the almost unexplored tract of Old English syntax'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Texts referred to, with abbreviations; 1. Old English word-order; 2. Sentences introduced by a; 3. aer and nne-sentences; 4. Sentences introduced by aer, for am, nu, etc.; 5. Relative and demonstrative pronouns in Old English; 6. Some syntactical groups in Old English; 7. Negative words and sentences; 8. Poetic idioms: (i) the asyndetic co-ordinate clause; 9. Poetic idioms: (ii) dubious forms of principal sentence; 11. Parataxis; 12. The forms of the Old English relative pronoun; Index.