Germaniclang reference works online

Germanic historical grammars, phonologies and (etymological) dictionaries available on the Internet

Most of these links are to digitized, somewhat dated texts which have passed into the Public Domain and been uploaded to the Internet Archive, which are still perfectly good, or perhaps because of their datedness even better, as fodder for conlanging. They are offered in many file formats. Follow the "All Files: http" link to download. The b/w PDF, if available, is best for printout. The OCRed .txt version is full of errors but still good for searching!

• A Gothic grammar with selections for reading and a glossary - Braune, Wilhelm, 1850-1926
• A Middle High German Primer: With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary - Joseph Wright
• A Middle-English dictionary : containing words used by English writers from the twelfth to the fifteenth century - Stratmann, F
• A Short Historical English Grammar - Henry Sweet
• A comparative grammar of the Anglo-Saxon language: (1899)

  in which its forms are illustrated by those of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Old Norse, and Old High-German - March, Francis Andrew, 1825-1911

• A comparative grammar of the Teutonic languages.

  Being at the same time a historical grammar of the English language. And comprising Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Early English, Modern English, Icelandic (Old Norse), Danish, Swedish, Old High German, Middle High German, Modern German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch - Helfenstein, Jacob

• A middle English vocabulary. By Tolkien!

  Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth century verse and prose - Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

• A special class of mixed preterites in Middle High and modern German - Rhyne, Orestes Pearle,
• Abriss der altisländischen Grammatik - Noreen, Adolf, 1854-1925
• Abriss der urgermanischen Lautlehre : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die noridschen Sprachen - Noreen, Adolf, 1854-1925
• Althochdeutsche grammatik - Braune, Wilhelm, 1850-1926
• An Elementary Grammar of the Old Norse Or Icelandic Language - George Bayldon
• An English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary - Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
• An Icelandic Primer by Henry Sweet

  Zipped LaTeX source

• An Old English grammar - Sievers, Eduard, 1850-1932
• An Old High German primer, with grammar, notes, and glossary - Wright, Joseph, 1855-1930
• An etymological dictionary of the English language - Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912. comp
• An introduction to Middle High German: being an outline of Middle High German grammar and ... - Charles Pomeroy Otis
• An introduction, phonological, morphological, syntactic, to the Gothic of Ulfilas - Douse, Thomas Le Marchant
• Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies - Thomas Wright

  Here Old English = Middle English!

• Die Wortbildung der englischen Sprache (Volume 1) - Koch, Friedrich, 1813-1872

  Old English, ca. 450-1100 Word formation

• Einführung in das althochdeutsche Laut- und Flexionslehre - Baesecke, Georg, 1876-
• French elements in Middle English;

  chapters illustrative of the origin and growth of romance influence on the phrasal power of standard English in its formative period - Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917

• Grammar of the Gothic Language, and the Gospel of St. Mark: Selections from ... - Joseph Wright
• Historical outlines of English sounds and Middle English grammar,

  for courses in Chaucer, Middle English, and the history of the English language - Moore, Samuel, 1877-1934

• Lexicon poëticum antiquæ linguæ Septentrionalis - Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1791-1852
• Mittelalterlicher englisch-französischer Jargon - Albert, Hermann
• Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik - Paul, Hermann, 1846-1921
• Novum glossarium latino-germanicum mediae et infimae aetatis :

  Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Kunde der neulateinischen und der germanischen Sprachen - Diefenbach,

• Old English grammar - Wright, Joseph, 1855-1930
• Old-English phonology - Hempl, George, 1859-1921
• Scandinavian loan-words in Middle English - Björkman, Erik, 1872-1919
• Search for "English language/Old English" on the Internet Archive
• Synopsis of Old English phonology,

  being a systematic account of Old English vowels and consonants and their correspondences in the cognate languages - Mayhew, Anthony Lawson, 1842-

• The Germanic Lexicon Project

  Searchable Proto-Germanic, Gothic, Old English and Old Norse dictionaries. Click on the "Search" tab and make sure to follow the "Search help" link. NB you can search on modern English and modern German words!

• The historical development of the forms of the future tense in Middle High German -
• The language of the Middle English bestiary; phonology and inflection - Hallbeck, Einar S

  Includes bibliography

• The student's dictionary of Anglo-Saxon - Sweet, Henry, 1845-1912
• The vocalism of Romanic words in Chaucer, - Nöjd, Ruben, 1891-1960
• Urgermanisch, Vorgeschichte der altgermanischen Dialekte - Kluge, Friedrich, 1856-1926
• Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gothischen Sprache (Volume 1) - Diefenbach, Lorenz, 1806-1883
• Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit (1909) by Fick, Falk and Torp

  A Proto-Germanic dictionary from the Germanic Lexicon project. The reconstructions are hopelessly dated but with a caveat emptor still good for conlanging, and the cognate lits are entirely good!