Aspectual Prefixes in Early English in Bloomington, MN

This book examines prefixes expressing aspectuality in early English, such as
ge-
in the Old English verb
gegladian
cheer up or
ā-
in the verb
āstreccan
stretch out, providing an analysis of the three most frequent prefixes (
ge-, a-
and
for-
). These prefixes show many inflectional properties, as well as typical features of grammaticalization.