Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of abbreviations -- Texts examined -- Chapter 1. Introduction to verbal syntax -- Chapter 2. Conflicts between native verbs -- Chapter 3. Conflicts between native verbs and loan verbs -- Chapter 4. Verbs that became obsolete and archaic by the end of Middle English -- Chapter 5. Resulting syntactic changes in Old and Middle English -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Appendix -- Index to Old English verbs