Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

Re: Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

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Post by jhbadger » Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 1:55 AM UTC

jgwil2 wrote: post #5

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

I like King Alfred's Grammar (https://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/KAGramm...). It's designed as an intro (and actually suggests Mitchell & Robinson as a followup) but it's well done. Not that much coverage of oral stuff, but unless you have a time machine you haven't told us about, that's not really the reason people study pre-modern languages.

Re: Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

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Post by np_tedious » Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 2:18 AM UTC

jhbadger wrote: post #6

jgwil2 wrote: post #5

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

I like King Alfred's Grammar ( https://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/KAGramm... ). It's designed as an intro (and actually suggests Mitchell & Robinson as a followup) but it's well done. Not that much coverage of oral stuff, but unless you have a time machine you haven't told us about, that's not really the reason people study pre-modern languages.

My understanding is that aside from what can be inferred from meter / rhyme in poetry, nobody really knows pronunciation before a certain date. Is that correct? If so, what is "that date"?

Re: Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

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Post by mc32 » Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 2:52 AM UTC

jgwil2 wrote: post #5

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

Not sure, tbh, but you can poke around UToronto, they have some resources: https://www.doe.utoronto.ca/pages/index.html

Some discussion here (which is pasted from Reddit) https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/19421831/Resources-to-Lea...

Re: Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

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Post by gumby » Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 5:18 AM UTC

jhbadger wrote: post #6

jgwil2 wrote: post #5

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

I like King Alfred's Grammar ( https://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/KAGramm... ). It's designed as an intro (and actually suggests Mitchell & Robinson as a followup) but it's well done. Not that much coverage of oral stuff, but unless you have a time machine you haven't told us about, that's not really the reason people study pre-modern languages.

Just don't use his cookbook!

Re: Old English Wikipedia (or at least I think it is)

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Post by 8bitsrule » Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 6:54 AM UTC

jgwil2 wrote: post #5

Does anyone have good resources for learning Old English? I have Mitchell and Robinson's "A Guide to Old English" from a college course I took years ago but it's a little old-fashioned and I've found it less than ideal for self-study. I have to imagine there are internet based resources that could help with the oral aspects as well.

This (well-made!)page looks helpful (and points to 15 online references). https://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Old-English