English Language History and Linguistics

Available here are scanned images of the pages of Clark Hall's A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Second Edition (1916). Later editions of Clark Hall's dictionary exist (Moore Library owns the 4th ed, 1962) , but the 1916 edition is the most recent edition whose copyright has expired.

Available here are scanned page images and OCRed text of Bosworth and Toller's An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, both the original dictionary (1898) and the supplement volume (1921). A search feature is also available.

"Since 1967, OEN has been a source for news, announcements, and information on the world of Anglo-Saxon studies. Its annual Bibliography and Year’s Work in Old English Studies are used by thousands of scholars worldwide. Now we’ve brought our news and essays online – click on one of the index tabs on the left to find out what’s going on in the field."

Has an excellent list of relevant links to a variety of sites.

"Anglo-Saxon history traditionally starts with Hengest and Horsa and their three ships invading Britain in the mid-fifth century, and ends with King Harold falling with an arrow in his eye in 1066. These pages fill in some gaps."

Authored by Sean Miller, a software developer with a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge; his book An Analysis of the Anglo-Saxon Charters of the New Minster of Winchester was published in 2001 by the Oxford University Press for the British Academy.

Course materials for two online courses taught at the University of Calgary. Includes lessons, exercises, texts, grammar, charts, and audio. A good resource for those learning Old English.

Created by Dr. Anne Savage, Dept. Of English, McMaster University. Toggle back in forth between the Old English and modern English. Includes the text, information on the characters, historical information, a quiz, and links to other Old English/Anglo-Saxon websites.

The online analogue to Peter S. Baker's Introduction to Old English (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003). Includes the links to "Old English Aerobics" and "The Old English Aerobics Anthology," where each word of the Old English text is glossed.

Get your workout in for all aspects of OE grammar--cases, parts of speech, word order--with this interactive module.

Created by John Herrington at Georgetown University.

The Cædmon Manuscript': parts of Genesis, Exodus and Daniel in Old English verse, illustrated with Anglo-Saxon drawings, c. A.D. 1000.

Part of the Early Manuscripts at Oxford University.