Excerpt from A Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon Derivatives: On the Basis of the Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon Root-Words The next care of the Association was to verify the principles of the growth of words as seen in their composition and derivation. Composition, they considered a form of growth, which takes place by the union of whole words; derivation, a form of growth that takes place by the addition of parts of words, which are known as terminations, suffixes, and prefixes. (see p. The terminations were determined and classified under the heads of number, gender, case, comparison, person, and tense. There are only sixteen of anglo-saxon origin. (see p. 42) The suffixes were also ascertained and arranged. They are twnty-eight in number. (see p. Their meaning and use are exhibited from pp. 49 to 57. The prefixes were next examined, and their nature and number settled. They are twenty three in number. Their meaning and use are set forth from pp. 59 to 64. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.