Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: PREVIOUS STUDIES IN OLD ENGLISH SYNTAX -- I. BASIC SYNTACTIC UNITS IN OLD ENGLISH -- II. BASIC ELEMENTS IN OLD ENGLISH SENTENCES -- III. SECONDARY ELEMENTS (MODIFIERS) IN OLD ENGLISH SENTENCES -- IV. THE DEPENDENT CLAUSE -- V. NEGATION -- VI. SYNTACTIC SIGNALS: NOUN, PRONOUN, AND ADJECTIVE -- VII. SYNTACTIC SIGNALS OF VERBS -- VIII. WORD ORDER -- IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX