Old English

[wellinghall]

Let's suppose, hypothetically, that I wanted to learn Old English next year. How would I go about it? Are there any Teach Yourself Anglo-Saxon books? Correspondence courses? Anything else ... ?

(Anyone who says that my modern English could do with brushing up gets scowled at very firmly ;-) )

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[tree_and_leaf]

I learned using a university produced reader, which had a simple grammar (less confusing than Sweet) and a glossary, and bashing through some simple texts (i.e. making my own translations), starting in classic style with the Lord's Prayer, and progressing through various parables to the Battle of Maldon and the Wanderer.