Resources

Here is a list of various resources on the web. This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I do not promote or demote any of these texts, and all materials on those websites are the property of that author. If you have a resource that you think should be added or if there is a broken link, please email me.

Also, many pages have links of their own and subpages themselves — you might something useful there.

I have split each major category into two subcategories. "On the Web" are those materials which are (obviously) available online. The second "In Print" are those texts I think essential to anyone who is serious about learning the topic.

I recognize that most of these resources are linguistic in nature, but will be adding cultural and historical resources as well. Click the arrow to the left of the category to expand the list.

Medievalism in General
Languages and Linguistics
General Germanic

On the Web:

In Print:

  • Antonsen, E. 1975. A Concise Grammar of the Older Runic Inscriptions. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
  • Green, D. H. 1998. Language and History in the Early Germanic World. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Harbert, Wayne. 2007. The Germanic languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • König, Ekkehard & van der Auwera, Johan (eds). 1994. The Germanic Languages London: Routledge.
  • Pokorny, Julius. 2013. Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. München: Francke Verlag.
  • Ringe, Don. 2017. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Robinson, Orrin. 1992. Old English and its Closest Relatives. London: Routledge.
North Germanic

Norse

On the Web:

In Print:

  • Cleasby, Richard & Gudbrand Vigfusson. 2009. Old Norse to English Dictionary.
  • Gordon, E.V. 2009. An Introduction to Old Norse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Zoëga, Geir T. 2004. A Concise Dictionary of Old Norse. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications.
  • Gordon, E.V. 2009. An Introduction to Old Norse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
West Germanic

Old English

On the Web:

In Print:

  • Baker, Peter. 2007. Introduction to Old English. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
  • Clark Hall, J.R. 1960. A Concise Anglo Saxon Dictionary. Toronto, CA: University of Toronto Press.
  • Fulk, R. D. 1992. A History of Old English Meter. Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr.
  • Hogg, Richard M. & R. D. Fulk. 1992. A Grammar of Old English. Blackwell.
  • Mitchell, Bruce. 1995. An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Mitchell, Bruce & Fred C. Robinson. 1982. A Guide to Old English. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Muir, Bernard J. 2006. The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.

Old Frisian

In Print:

  • Bremmer, Rolf. 2009. An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Old High German

On the Web:

In Print:

  • Braune, Wilhelm. 1994. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch. Tübingen: De Gruyter.
  • —. 2004. Althochdeutsche Grammatik I. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
  • Schrodt, Richard. 2004. Althochdeutsche Grammatik II ‐ Syntax. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
  • Wright, Joseph. 1906. An Old High German Primer. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Old Low Franconian

Old Saxon

On the Web

In Print

  • Cathey, James E. (ed). 2002. Heliand: Text and Commentary. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press.
  • Gallee, Johan Hendrik. 1910. Altsächsiche Grammatik. Halle: Niemeyer.
  • Lasch, Agathe. 1914. Mittelniederdeutsche Grammatik. Halle: Niemeyer.
  • Rauch, Irmengard. 1992. The Old Saxon Language. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Tiefenbach, Heinrich. 2010. Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch / A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
East Germanic

Gothic

On the Web:

Print Material:

  • Balg, G. H. 1887. A Comparative Glossary of the Gothic Language. Halle, Germany: Max Niemeyer.
  • Braune, Wilhelm. 2004. Gotische Grammatik. Tübingen: De Gruyter.
  • Krause, Wilhelm. 1953. Handbuch des Gotischen. München: C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
  • Wright, Joseph. 1899. Primer of the Gothic Language, with Grammar, Notes, and Glossary. Oxford: Clarendon.
Etymology

On the Web:

In Print:

  • Millward, C.M. & Mary Hayes. 2012. A Biography of the English Language Boston: Cengage.
  • Skeat, Walter W. 1911. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Liberman, Anatoly. 2010. A Bibliography of English Etymology Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
History
  • Coming soon!