Old English Features

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  • Created on: 12-06-17 10:08
Old English Feature
Phonetic Spelling
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Old English Feature
Old English Alphabet
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Additional Letters
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Double VV for W
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Long S, wynn P, thorn (p with horn), yogh 3, eth (backwards 6)
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Omitted Letters
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Different punctuation
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Anglo - Saxon = simple words eg day thing dark
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j, q,v ,k, z not used in Old English/Roman Alphabet
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lots of letters left after norman conquest eg eth, yogh etc
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k q x z used after Norman conquest
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until 18th cent J was pronounced as Y
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18th cent , rise of grammarians
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standardization was a long process started from 14th cent
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