Chapter VII: Syntax ... 75-78

Cases (Secs. 100-2). Adjectives (Sec. 103). Pronouns (Sec. 104).
Verbs (Secs. 105-7). Negation (Sec. 108).

TEXTS:--

I. Berthold von Regensburg 79-83
II. The Swabian Lantrehtbuoch 83-85
III. Hartman von Ouwe 86-116
IV. Walther von der Vogelweide 116-133
V. Reinmar 133-139
VI. Ulrich von Lichtenstein 140-148
VII. Das Nibelungen-Lied 149-158
VIII. Wolfram von Eschenbach 158-168

NOTES ... 169-171

GLOSSARY ... 172-213

ABBREVIATIONS, ETC.

Goth. = Gothic
Gr. = Greek
HG. = High German
Lat. = Latin
MHG. = Middle High German
NHG. = New High German
OE. = Old English
OHG. = Old High German
OS. = Old Saxon
P. Germ. = Primitive Germanic
UF. = Upper Franconian
UG. = Upper German

The asterisk * prefixed to a word denotes a theoretical form, as MHG. {w[a:]rmen} from {*warmjan}, to warm.

In representing prehistoric forms the following signs are used:-- {[th]} (= {th} in Engl. {thin}), {[dh]} (= {th} in Engl. {then}), {[bh]} (= a bilabial spirant, which may be pronounced like the {v} in Engl. {vine}), {[zh]} (= {g} often heard in German {sagen}), {[ch]} (= NHG. {ch} and the {ch} in Scotch {loch}), {[ng]} (= {n} in Engl. {sunk}).

GRAMMAR