Joseph Bosworth 
Origin of the English, Germanic and Scandinavian Languages, and Nations [PDF ebook] 
With a Sketch of Their Early Literature and Short Chronological Specimens of Anglo-Saxon, Friesic, Flemish, Dutch, German From the MA so-Goths to the Present Time, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Language, philosophically considered, is not only a safe guide in tracing the origin and affinity of nations, but an important auxiliary in bearing its testimony to the truth of revelation. In the latter point of View, a clergyman cannot be out of his legitimate province, when investigating the origin and structure of languages.