Note 108 — Erste Periode. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Ein kenner angelsächsischer handschriften, John M. Kemble, klagt in seiner vorrede zum Beowulf (seite XXIII) nicht minder über die verderbtheit der Mss. durch schuld der abschreiber. „All persons,“ sagt er, „who have had much experience of Anglo-Saxon Mss. know how hopelessly incorrect they in general are; when every allowance has been made for date and dialect, and even for the etymological ignorance of early times, we are yet met at every turn with faults of grammar, with omissions or redundancies, of letters and words.“