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Excerpt from An Elementary Old English Grammar (Early West Saxon)
My obligations to Sweet are a part of our national debt to him as a pioneer in English philology. My indebtedness to Sievers is obvious and well-nigh inestimable. I have made abundant use of Cosijn's Altwestsd'chsische Grammatik, an in comparable storehouse of examples. My warmest thanks are hereby tendered to Prof. Napier, whose timely advice and assistance have often encouraged me in the studies of which this book is the outcome; to a lady, whose name I am not permitted to mention, for reading the proof-sheets with equal acumen and care; to Mr B. J. Hayes, m.a., of St John's College, for giving me the benefit of his great experience in all that is meant by seeing through the press and to the officials of the University Press, who have spared neither trouble nor expense in meeting my wishes, for example in banishing (i hope for ever) the italic digraph cc, indistinguish able from 03, and having the elegant character as specially cast for this book.
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