Re: Old Swedish dragons
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, March 30, 2000, 15:42 |
James Campbell wrote:
> I recently bought the book "Old English and its Closest Relatives" by Orrin
> W Robinson (Routledge), and it has useful annotated texts in Old Norse,
> Gothic, Old Frisian etc, along with a detailed discussion of the
> relationships between the languages in the Germanic family and historical
> information about the peoples involved. Very readable too; recommended for
> amateur Germanicists.
I agree: an excellent book.
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