Anggloo-Saksyn

Anggloo-Saksyn oor Oold Ingglic (A.S. Englisc) iz dhy ansestyr yv Madern Ingglic. It iz y West Dxermanik Langgwidx and laik Dytc and Loo Saksyn (Loo Dxerman) it did nat goo throo dhy Hai Dxerman Kansynent Cift.

Anggloo-Saksyn Englisc
Spoken in:	Anggloo-Land (Inggland) (Angelcynn)
Conworld:	Riil world
Total speakers:	unknown
Genealogical classification:	Indoo-Joroopijyn Dzermanik West Dxermanik      Anglo-Frisian        Angglik Anggloo-Saksyn
Basic word order:	Ynimpoortant/V2
Morphological type:	inflekting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	naminytiv-akjuusytiv
Writing system:
Created by:
ynoon	400-1066 C.E.

Dhy Piipyl and Literytcyr

Dhy Saksyns wer invaitid tuu Briten tuu help fait of dhy Pikts. Y lardx maigreecyn yv Saksyns dhen muuvd frym madern Nordhern Dxermanii and Halind tuu Inggland. Dhy nekst fjuu sentcyriiz dhee ekspandid westwyrd kanstyntlii and geend moor land. Dhy piipyl dhen biikeem mikst with dhy Roomanoo-Britic piipyl olredii living dheer.

In dhy 9th and 10th sentcyriis, Deenic Vaikings inveedid parts yv Inggland. Dhy Oold Noors influunets kan stil bii siin tuudee.

hy most wel noon tekst in Anggloo-Saksyn iz dhat vy dhy Hirooik Epik, Beowulf. Oold Ingglic lityratcyr is noon foor alityreecyn, and dheer ar menii Angglo-Saksyn ridylz. Y kranicyl noon az dhy Anggloo-Saksyn kranicyl wyz y kranicyl yv dhy iivents yv dhy Kingdym, and wyz laiklii startid in dhy 10th sentcyrii and wyz cyntinuwalii ypdeetid intuu dhy 12th.

Theer iz no standyrd speling in Anggloo-Saksyn, soo menii wyrds had moor dhan wyn speling.

Oorthaagryfii and Fynaalodx

Ruunik

Anglo-Saxon Runic alphabet

Erii foormz yv Angglooo-Saksyn raiting wyz in Ruunik. It wyz yn ekspancyn yv dhy aaridxinal 24 ruun Fuþark, and had biikym Fuþorc. Biikyz dhy langgwidx had ciftid tuu ingkluud nuu saundz, Dhy aalfybet itself ciftid and ingkluudid severyl nuu letyrz that had nat bin in dhy Eldyr Fuþark. Hawevyr dhee did nat diivelyp dhy wyn Staf sistym similyr tuu dhy ruunik dezainz in Noorwee, Swiidyn and Denmark.

Wen dhy Latin Aalfybet wyz introoduust, Anggloo-Saksyn adid tuu simbylz tuu dhu Latin aalfybet frym Ruunik, dhooz wud bii "þ" /θ/ and "Ƿ" /w/ frym ruunik, kold Thorn and Wynn riispektivlii.

Aalfybet

Dhy Oold Ingglic Aalfybet wyz y Latin beest aalfybet and ingkluudid y fjuu ekstry simbylz dhat Madern Inghlic spiikyrz wud nat nesyseerilii rekagnaiz. Dhy dajygrafs wer olsoo kwait diferent dhan madern speling and ingkluudid cg /ʤ/ and c /ʧ/ and sc /ʃ/. Dhy latyr tuu oonlii biikym dhooz saundz biifoor oor aftyr y frynt ynraundid vaulz, ydhyrwaiz dhej ar /k/ and /sk/ riispektivlii. Dhy letyr g biikymz /j/ next to front vowels. This is how gear becomes year. Dhy kaamyn verbyl priifiks foor dhy past partysipyl iz ge- witc wyz prynaunst /jə/ and dhis saund wyz priizervd intuu Midyl Ingglic az y- sytc az in Dxefrii Tcausyr with wyrds laik yronne (ran).

Oold Ingglic did nat juuz dhy leterz v and z, biikyz f and s bekeem /v/ and /z/. Dhy letyrz þ and ð booth repriisentid dhy intyr-dentyl frikytiv /θ/ (inicalii and fainyli) and /ð/ (biitwiin vaulz). Dhis wud miin dhat ol dhy frikytivz wud bii voist biitwiin vaulz, and voisles in ythyr ceesizs.

Dhy letyr h wyz prynaunst /h/ wen begining y silybyl oor wyrd. Aftyr y bak vaul, it biikymz /x/, and aftyr y frynt vaul, it biickymz /ç/. Dhis meeks it simylyr tuu Dxerman ch.

Moorfaaloodxii

Naunz

Dxendyr and Nymbyr

Dheer ar theer Dxenders in Oold Ingglic: Maskjuliin, Feminiin, and Nuutyr. Dhiiz ar dhy seem dxendyrs in Latin, az wel az madern Rycyn and Dxerman. Laik moost langgwidxz witc hav dxenders, Naunz witc riiflekt living thingz ar juuzuwalii indikeetid in dhy Dxender yv dhy naun, byt y mydxaritii iz kympliitlii randym.

Dhy tuu nymbyrz yv Anggloo-Saksyn ar Singgjuulyr and Plooryl. Proonoauns hav dhu Duul nymbyr az wel.

Ceesiz

Unlike Modern English, Anglo-Saxon was filled with noun inflections denoting the case of the noun. The only one that survived through the Middle English era was the -'s ending denoting the original Genitive case. The cases were Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative.

Strong and Weak

Like with Verbs, Anglo-Saxon had many nouns which changed their stems, both in the plural and sometimes during some of the cases of the singular. These are the reasons for irregular nouns in Modern English with stem changes, such as Man-Men (AS Mann-Menn in Nom.). This is often how Anglo-Saxon nouns are categorized.

Example charts

Masculine:

Cases	Dæg¹ 'Day'	Dagas 'Days'	Stān 'Stone'	Stānas 'Stones'
Nominative	dæg	dagas	stān	stānas
Genitive	dæges	daga	stānes	stāna
Dative	dæge	dagum	stāne	stānum
Accustive	dæg	dagas	stān	stānas

¹Dæg was pronounced much like the word Die in Modern English, or the Australian/Cockney pronunciation of "Day."

Feminine:

Cases	Hond² 'Hand'	Honda 'Hands'	Ƿynn³ 'Joy'	Ƿynna 'Joys'
Nominative	hond	hondu	Ƿynn	Ƿynna
Genitive	honda	honda	Ƿynne	Ƿynna
Dative	honda	hondum	Ƿynne	Ƿynnum
Accustive	hond	honda	Ƿynne	Ƿynna

²Hond could also be spelt/pronounced Hand.
³Ƿ could also be spelt W, so Ƿynn could easily be Wynn.

Neuter:

Cases	Scip⁴ 'Ship'	Scipu 'Days'	Dēor⁵ 'Animal'	Dēor 'Animals'
Nominative	scip	scipu	dēor	dēor
Genitive	scipes	scipa	dēores	dēora
Dative	scipe	scipum	dēor	dēorum
Accustive	scip	scipu	dēore	dēor

⁴Scip is pronounced the same way as the modern equivalent, Ship.
⁵Dēor, related to the German word Tier (animal), slowly became used for game animals, and later becomes Deer in Modern English.

Articles

During the earlier ages of the Anglo-Saxon language, there were no articles. Later, especially after the Viking invasion and towards the end of the Anglo-Saxon era, articles were developed. They too declined by case and number, and included the Instrumental case, which was the same as Dative Nouns. Here are the articles:

Cases	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural (all Genders)
Nominative	se	sēo	ðæt	ðā
Genitive	ðæs	ðǣre	ðæs	ðāra, ðǣra
Dative	ðǣm	ðǣre	ðǣm	ðǣm, ðām
Accustive	ðone	ðā	ðæt	ðā
Instrumental	ðē, ðon	ðǣre	ðē, ðon	ðǣm, ðām

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns in Anglo-Saxon are quite different than Modern English. They too are declined according to the four major cases, but also have an extra number illustration when there 2, Dual. With the dual, the verbs take the plural endings, and it only applies to the first and second person pronouns. Here are the the Charts for the Pronouns:
First person:

Cases	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ic, ih	Ƿit, wit	Ƿē, wē
Genitive	mīn	uncer	ūre
Dative	mē	unc	ūs
Accustive	mē	unc	ūs

Second person:

Cases	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	þū	git	gē
Genitive	þīn	incer	ēoǷer, ēower
Dative	þē	inc	ēoǷ, ēow
Accustive	þē	inc	ēoǷ, ēow

Third person:

Cases	Mascu. Sing.	Fem. Sing.	Neut. Sing.	Plural
Nominative	hē	hēo	hit	hīe
Genitive	his	hiere	his	hiera
Dative	him	hiere	him	him, heom
Accustive	hine	hīe	hit	hīe

Adjectives

Adjectives also decline by gender, number, and case. Because one adjective has to cover all three genders, two numbers, and four (five with the Strong) cases, there are more adjective forms than there are any other part of speech, with the possible exception of the verb. They too have Strong and Weak forms and can have root vowel stems which are umlauted. The plurals of the Weak forms are uniform across genders, but not in the Strong forms. The same adjective could be Weak or Strong depending on context and the noun.

Examples

Gōd = Good
Weak:

Cases	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural (all Genders)
Nominative	gōda	gōde	gōde	gōdan
Genitive	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan	gōdena
Dative	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan	gōdum
Accustive	gōdan	gōdan	gōde	gōdan

Strong:

Cases	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nominative	gōd	gōd	gōd	gōde	gōda	gōd
Genitive	gōdes	gōdre	gōdes	gōdra	gōdra	gōdra
Dative	gōdum	gōdre	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum
Accustive	gōdne	gōde	gōd	gōde	gōda	gōd
Instrumental	gōde	gōdre	gōde	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum

Prepositions and Conjunctions

Here is a list of Prepositions and Conjuctions.

Prepositions

æt - (dat.) at, from, (acc.) until, to
tō - (dat.) to, towards, at,
wið, wiþ - against,
æfter - (dat.) after,
on - (dat.) in, on, (acc.) into, onto
mid - (dat.) with,
of - (dat.) of, from,
be - (dat. and acc.) by, near, along, about,
beforan - (dat. and acc.) before, ahead of
fram - (dat.) from, by,
ofer - (dat.) over, upon (acc.) over to, across,
þurh - (acc.) through
under - (dat.) under (acc.) under,
ymbe - (acc.) near, by, about,
in - (dat.) in, (acc.) into,
būtan - (dat. or acc.) outside, except, without,
betweox - (dat. or acc.) between, among,
binnan - (dat.) within, (acc.) to within,
oð - (acc.) up to, until,
geond - (acc.) through, throughout,
bufan (dat.) above, (acc.) upwards,
innan - (dat.) within (acc.) into,

Conjunctions

æfter - after,
ǣr - before
gif - if,
hwæðer, hwæþer - whether
þā, ðā - when,
hwīle - while,
swā - as, such, (this word has a phonetic/semantic cognate in Old Norse, sva.)
swelce - as if,
þæt, ðæt - that, so that,
þǣr, ðǣr - where,
þēah, ðēah - though,
siððan, siþþan - since, after, (this one is also in Old Norse and Middle English such as the first line in Sir Gawayn and the Grene Knyght.)

Verbs

Verbal Comparison, Patterns, and General Overview

Like nouns and adjectives, Verbs have Strong and Weak forms. The Strong forms usually involve vowel shifts in the stem, even in the present tense. It is also inflected based on person, number, tense, and mood.

It is known for having -st in the second person, which was used for thou in the Middle English era. It is also used in German for the du form, which is the cognate to þū and thou (which also a cognate to Latin tu). Anglo-Saxon Verbs are known for the signature -ð/-þ ending in the 3rd person singular, which was also used into the Early Modern English era, which Shakespeare is apart of, examples from that era include the words: hath, goeth, doth, knoweth, etc.

The infinitive ending is commonly -an, which is similar to the modern German -en infinitive ending. Also the orthographic cognate ge- is used in both German and Anglo-Saxon to represent the past tense, even if they are not pronounced the same way, and in Standard High German, the prefix is required, whereas the Anglo-Saxon one is more optional. The Weak past tense marker insert -ed-, whereas the Strong past tense usually involves a vowel change.

Although Anglo-Saxon did have the Subjunctive and Imperative, the examples shall be focused on the Present and Past tenses.

Weak Examples

Present tense
Infinitive	Lufian to love		Fremman to do
	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
1st person	lufie	lufiað	fremme	femmað
2nd person	lufast	lufiað	fremest	femmað
3rd person	lufað	lufiað	fremeð	femmað
Past Tense
	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
1st person	lufode	lufodon	fremede	femmedon
2nd person	lufodest	lufodon	fremedest	femmedon
3rd person	lufode	lufodon	fremede	femmedon

Strong Examples

Present tense
Infinitive	Singan to sing		'Niman to take
	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
1st person	singe	singað	nime	nimað
2nd person	singest	singað	nimest	nimað
3rd person	singeð	singað	nimeð	nimað
Past Tense
	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
1st person	sang	sungon	nam	nāmon
2nd person	sunge	sungon	nāme	nāmon
3rd person	sang	sungon	nam	nāmon

The Verb Bēon and Wesan

There are two forms of the verb to be in Anglo-Saxon. They both share the same past tense, rooted in wesan.. The verb form wesan was preserved in the past tense, in the form of was and were.

These verb forms were also preserved into the Middle English era, in an Epic called Brut:
"Al swa muchel thu bist woruh, swa thu velden ært."
(All as much thou art worth, as thou kind art)
You are worth as much as you are kind.

Present tense
Infinitive	Bēon to be		Wesan to be
	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
1st person	bēo	bēoð	eom	sind, sindon
2nd person	bist	bēoð	eart	sind, sindon
3rd person	bið	bēoð	is	sind, sindon
Past Tense
		sing.	pl.
1st person		wæs	wǣron
2nd person		wǣre	wǣron
3rd person		wæs	wǣron

Sources and External Links

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldenglish.htm

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/runic.htm#futhorc

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/engol-0-X.html

http://members.tripod.com/babaev/archive/grammar43.html

http://home.comcast.net/~modean52/index.htm

http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/resources/IOE/index.html

Finegan, Edward. "English." The World’s Major Languages. Ed. Bernard Comrie. New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1990

Atherton, Mark. Teach Yourself Old English. Coventry, England, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.: 2006.

Page written by Timothy Patrick Snyder.

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