CHAPTER II

THE EPIGRAPH OR LEGEND 10–21

The forms of the lettering 10 The Syntax of the Sentence: 12 (1) as to collocation 13 (2) usage of words _id._ (3) flexional construction 15 (4) active and passive structure 16 Other time-indications in the Epigraph 17 Quotation from Alfred’s Prologue to his _Pastoralis_ 19 Similarity between the Prologue and the Epigraph 21