A Concise Grammar of the Old Frisian Dialect of the First Riustring Manuscript

by Dirk Boutkan

The language of the First Riustring Manuscript, dating from ca. 1300 AD, represents the most archaic stage of Old Frisian. The mainly legal texts are famous for their historical value. However, a grammatical treatise of this important codex is still lacking. This book is meant to meet this need. It contains an inventory of the linguistic evidence as well as a synchronic study of the grammar. Moreover, historical linguistic problems are discussed wherever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8778381878
• ISBN13: 9788778381873
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Odense University Press
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 7.05 lbs.