THE ORIGIN

OF

THE ENGLISH,

GERMANIC AND SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES,

AND NATIONS;

WITH

A SKETCH OF THEIR EARLY LITERATURE

AND SHORT CHRONOLOGICAL SPECIMENS OF

ANGLO-SAXON, FRIESIC, FLEMISH, DUTCH, GERMAN FROM
THE MESO-GOTHS TO THE PRESENT TIME, ICELANDIC,
NORWEGIAN, AND SWEDISH;

TRACING THE PROGRESS OF THESE LANGUAGES, AND THEIR CONNEXION WITH

WITH NOTES, ON THE PROGRESSIVE POPULATION OF EUROPE FROM THE EAST, BY
THE IBERIANS, FINNS, CELTS, AND GERMANS, ESPECIALLY REFERRING TO
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS IN BRITAIN.

BY

THE REV. JOSEPH BOSWORTH, D.D. F.R.S. F.S.A.

DR. PHIL. OF LEYDEN, etc.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

MDCCCXLVIII.