old english Flashcards
when was the first invasion on britian and who invaded?
around 455, there was an invasion of britain. the angles, the saxons and the jutes invaded.
what was impacted from this first invasion?
the celts and their language (celtic). they were pushed to the very edges of the country (scotland, wales and cornwall).
what did the celts have influence over?
place names (carlisle)
dialectical words (crag)
river names (the thames)
what did the angles and the saxons (anglo-saxons) replace celtic with?
their own language (old english)
what are some examples of old english?
- nouns
son, daughter, field, friend, home
what are some examples of old english?
- verbs
drink, come, go, sing, love
what are some examples of old english?
- prepositions
in, on, into, by, from
in the 9th century, what language spread around the country and what did this lead to?
the danish language which lead to a simplified grammatical system in old english
what else came into place in the 9th century and what did this prevent?
boarders came into place, preventing travel
even though travel was prevented, what was permitted and what did this lead to?
trade was permitted. this led to the borrowing and trading of words between english, danish and old norse
example of old norse
sky, anger, freckle, skull and window
when and who invaded in the second invasion on britian?
the vikings invaded around the start of the 9th century
who was impacted in the second invasion?
the original english people
what did the vikings bring with them?
old norse with words that seeped into english
when and who invaded in the third invasion?
william the conqueror invaded in 1066
