the adventures of english study

In what modern country can we find the language that most closely resembles the Old English of 1500 years ago?

Frisian

Modern Friesan and Modern English can both be traced to what family of languages?

Germanic

Who had invaded and occupied Britain 500 years before the Germanic tribes?

The Romans

What group of people was native to the island of Britain?

The Kelts

What is the meaning of “ing” in a modern place name like “Reading?”

The people of a certain person or location

Roughly how many words existed in Old English?

Approximately 25,000 words

Christians contributed what "international language" to Old English?

Latin

What were the advantages of the alphabet over runes?

rune system was more complex

In what century were the Lindisfarne Gospels created?

8th century

What is the name of the person who began writing the first ever history of the English speaking people?

Anglo-Saxon ??

What was the "first great poem" of the English language?

Beowulf

Give an example of a kenning. Why does it seem they exist?

Warboard is a word for shield. They exist because they fewer words.

 In the late 8th Century, what "potential destroyer" arrives to threaten Old English?

The vikings/the Danes (from Denmark)

Why did the arrival of these invaders seem the end of civilization?

Everything was burned down

What was the language of these new conquerors?

Old nors

 Who was the defender of the English language?

King Alfred

 What was the Danelaw?

A truce to make a border

What did Alfred do to restore literacy and promote the English language?

He had books translated from Latin into English, so people could read them.

When did Alfred die?

Late 99

Who were the invaders of 1066?

The Normans

When Edward the Confessor died, what did Harald do which engaged William?

swore an oath on sacred relics to William to support his claim to the English throne

What are some words that came into English from Norman French?

garison, traitre, juge, sentence

 In the three centuries after the Conquest, how many French words entered the English language?

over 40,000

How many French words dealing with food entered English? List some of them.

pork, fruit, tart, frire

What was recorded in the Domesday Book?

all the land in England