What is Old Mercian?

A general overview of Old Mercian, a West-Germanic dialect within the sub-group of Old Anglish (Old Anglian) of Old British German (Old English).

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Sources:

Regarding Rushworth gloss:
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kroch/omev2-html/node17.html

An Introductory Grammar of Old English by R.D. Fulk
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/25547/Fulk_Print4.pdf?sequence=3

A Generative Phonology of the Mercian Old English Verb By Robert Alexis Terrebonne
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2891&context=gradschool_disstheses

Early Mercian Text Production: Authors, Dialects, and Reputations By Christine Rauer
https://brill.com/view/journals/abag/77/3-4/article-p541_541.xml?language=en

An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers, Translated by Albert S. Cook
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

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