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§ ι] Introduction τ,

century. Up to about 1200 it is generally called Old Saxon.

(đ) Frisian, the oldest records of which belong to the fourteenth century,

(e) English, the oldest records of which belong to about the end of the seventh century.

NOTE.—A few of the chief characteristics of the Germanic languages as compared with the other branches of the Indo-Germanic languages are: the first sound-shifting or Grimm's law (§§ 127-32); Verner's law (§§ 138-7); the development of the so-called weak declension of adjectives (§ 223); the development of the preterite of weak verbs (§ 315); the use of the old perfect as a preterite (§ 292).



		§ ι] Introduction τ, century. Up to about 1200 it is generally called Old Saxon. *(đ)* Frisian, the oldest records of which belong to the fourteenth century, *(e)* English, the oldest records of which belong to about the end of the seventh century. NOTE.—A few of the chief characteristics of the Germanic languages as compared with the other branches of the Indo-Germanic languages are: the first sound-shifting or Grimm's law (§§ 127-32); Verner's law (§§ 138-7); the development of the so-called weak declension of adjectives (§ 223); the development of the preterite of weak verbs (§ 315); the use of the old perfect as a preterite (§ 292).

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