Old English
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- Created on: 15-05-14 14:22
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- Old English 400 - 1150
- English is a Germanic language
- Developed from the speech of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians.
- They invaded England from Northern Germany and southern Denmark in the 5th century.
- At this time, England was occupied by Celtic tribes who were driven to the edges of Britain during the invasion.
- Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic are all Celtic languages
- At this time, England was occupied by Celtic tribes who were driven to the edges of Britain during the invasion.
- They invaded England from Northern Germany and southern Denmark in the 5th century.
- Developed from the speech of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians.
- Vikings from Scandinavia began invading towards the end of the 8th century.
- Their Old Norse language resembled much of the Anglo-Saxon language.
- Much of its vocabulary was absorbed into Old English.
- Their Old Norse language resembled much of the Anglo-Saxon language.
- Some words derived from Old English
- Pronouns: I, You, He, She, We, It, This, That, Those
- Nouns: Friend, Husband, Anger, Cake, Dirt, Sun
- Adjectives: Happy, Cold, Black, Bloody, Tight, Ill
- Verbs: Can, Shall, Get, Give, Want, Call
- Conjunctions: And, As, But, So, Then
- Prepositions: Up, Down, In On, To, By
- Adverbs: While, When, Where
- Old English words are usually short, direct and forceful.
- Old English contained several different dialects.
- No single agreed system of spelling.
- Used more inflections than modern English.
- English is a Germanic language
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