In this text [*e] represents the "schwa" or obscure vowel, printed as inverted-e, and [gh] represents the Middle English letter "yogh", similar to the numeral 3. [=a] signifies "a macron", [)a] "a breve", and so forth. ['e] signifies "e acute"; [`e] "e grave"; [:e] "e diaresis"; and so forth (or, mostly, stress indicators resembling these accents). aesc, eth and thorn are expanded to ae, dh and th. REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. LITT.D., LL.D., D.C.L., PH.D. ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON AND FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE…
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