Roots/Development of English 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageHistory of EnglishUniversityAll boards Created by: elmCreated on: 07-12-15 13:41 Name the Non Indo-European Languages in Europe Finno-Ugric (Finnish, Hungrian, Estonian) AND Basque (not related to any surviving language) 1 of 38 What is the name of the Anglo-Saxon runic Alphabet? Futhorc 2 of 38 Why is the runic alphabet this way? So it is easy to carve into wood/stone 3 of 38 Name the runes Feoh, Ur, Thorn, Os, Rad, Cen 4 of 38 What do the first 6 runes mean? cattle, bison, thorn, god, journey torch 5 of 38 When was the conversion to Christianity and how long did it take? 597 AD and was completed approximately 80 years later 6 of 38 How old is the Sutton Hoo burial and who is believed to be buried there? 7th Century and King Raewald of East Anglia (600-624 AD) 7 of 38 When was the First Viking Age? 780 - 900 AD 8 of 38 When were the raids on Lindisfarne, Northumbria? 793 AD 9 of 38 How old are the Lindisfarne Gospels and what did they feature? 720 AD and carpet pages 10 of 38 Symbols of Evangelists Matthew. Winged Man. Mark. Winged Lion. Luke. Winged Ox. John. Eagle. 11 of 38 What's the date and place of The Codex Aureus? 9th Century Kent 12 of 38 When did King Alfred of Wessex rule? How did he keep Danes away? 871 -899 AD. Danelaw treaty with Guthrum 13 of 38 How long did the first King of England rule and what was his name? Ӕthelstan 927 – 939 AD 14 of 38 When was the Second Viking age and what happened? In 980 - 1066 Danes and Norwegians settled in England 15 of 38 Swegen Forkbeard dates 1013 -1014 AD 16 of 38 What do BY, THORP, TOFT and THWAITE mean? By = Village, Thorp = Farm, Toft = Homestead, Thwaite = Meadow 17 of 38 Norse Loan words: ill, die, skirt, egg, bag, window, sky, ugly, odd, smile, call, take, they, their, them 18 of 38 Important points about Early West Saxon... 9th Century, aestel, Anglosaxon Chronicle 19 of 38 Important points about Late West Saxon... 10th- 11th Century, AElfric and Wulfstan, poetry 20 of 38 S between vowels /z/ 21 of 38 f between vowels /v/ 22 of 38 þ between vowels [ð] as in thy 23 of 38 þ elsewhere /ɵ/ as in thigh 24 of 38 c generally, and before a, o, u,y /k/ 25 of 38 c before, e, i, and often finally after æ, e, i, y /tʃ/ as in ch 26 of 38 g often before e, i and often finally after æ, e, i, y /j/ as in yes 27 of 38 g after a, o, u or between two of these vowels /w/ 28 of 38 sc /ʃ/ as in sh 29 of 38 cg /ʤ/ as in gin 30 of 38 Nominative Singular se cyning 31 of 38 Accusative Singular þone cyning 32 of 38 Genitive Singluar þæs cyninges 33 of 38 Dative Singular þæm cyninge 34 of 38 Nominative Plurual þā cyningas 35 of 38 Accusative Plural þā cyningas 36 of 38 Genative Plural þāra cyninga 37 of 38 Dative Plural þæm cyningum 38 of 38
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