What is Old West Saxon?

A general overview of Old West Saxon, a West-Germanic dialect within Old British German (Old English).

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Sources:

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Adams, Ernest. The Elements of the English Language. United Kingdom: George Bell and Sons, 1890.
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William Robert Shepherd -

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https://archive.org/details/oldenglishgramma00smituoft/page/n5/mode/2up

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https://archive.org/details/cu31924027323074/page/n9/mode/2up

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https://www.google.ca/books/edition/An_Elementary_Old_English_Reader/rBJAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

A First Book in Old English Grammar, Reader, Notes, and Vocabulary by Albert S. Cook
https://archive.org/details/firstbookinolden00cookuoft/page/n3/mode/2up

Exercises in Old English by Albert S. Cook
https://archive.org/details/exercisesinolden00cookrich

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https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/25547/Fulk_Print4.pdf?sequence=3

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https://archive.org/details/firstbookofolden00cook/page/n3/mode/2up

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https://archive.org/details/oldenglishgramma00sievrich/page/n3/mode/2up

Old English Grammar 2nd Ed. by Joseph Wright, Elizabeth Mary Wright
https://archive.org/details/cu31924027322613/page/n5/mode/2up

A Second Anglo-saxon Reader
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.247484

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