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 ;-) )

Comments

[emperor]

Mitchell & Robinson would be the usual approach.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Also that it is worth making the effort to learn the grammar right at the start. Once you've got the grammar sorted, it's just a question of learning 50 synonyms for sword, man, hero, shield, seagull and the like.