Old English 3

Question 1

what lexical categories distinguised between cases?

Answer 1

Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives

Question 2

what genders did OE have ?

Answer 2

Feminine, masculine, neuter

Question 3

what does verbs distinguish between?

Answer 3

present and past tenses, moods: indicative, subjunctive, imperative.
Numbers; singular and plural
person: first, second, third

Question 4

what internal transitions took place in OE?

Answer 4

Spelling, vocabulary, grammar

Question 5

what external transitions took place in OE?

Answer 5

social, political

Question 6

What are the five historical events that had lingusistic influences on the english language?

Answer 6

1. anglo-saxon invasions
2. christianity brought the roman alphabeth in 597
3. Reign of King Alfred West-Saxon kingdom 871-99 OE became recognized as a language of prestige and status.
4. Benedictine reform led to the establishment of an OE literary language
5. Norman conquest of 1066, French developments into ME

Question 7

who wrote of the anglo-saxon invasions to Britain in 449?

Answer 7

The anglo-saxon monk Bede

Question 8

What is the sound change breaking and which dialect typically used it?

Answer 8

a front vowel followed by a back consonant or group of consonants is diphthongized. ex. the word Ealdseaxum
the æ has broken into /ea/ before /ld/
The west-saxon dialect have breaking before /r/

Question 9

who converted the english to chrisianity?

Answer 9

christian missonariesAugustine and his fellows

Question 10

what alphabeth did England have before the conversion to christianity?

Answer 10

a sort of writing based on the runic alphabeth developed from early germanic futhark or futorc

Question 11

Sounds in OE that the roman alphabeth didn’t have was?

Answer 11

1. The letter thorn b to denote the dental fricative ø. The capital thorn is written P
2. The letter d known as eth. Capital D also used to denote dental fricative ø.
3. The letter æ known as ash with capital Æ used to denote æ was derived from latin ae.wynn. P
4. The letter g was the irish latin form 3 called Yogh. Later the caroline form g and d3 as in good.
5. The letter j as in 3ear and dæ3

Question 12

Does OE hav the letter j and v ?

Answer 12

No, they came later with the french

Question 13

What did King Alfred want?

Answer 13

He wanted the people to be educated

Question 14

Where can we find capital letters in OE?

Answer 14

Mostly in the beginning of a sentence, but not always

Question 15

what does the crossed letter thorn P and the symbol 7 stand for?

Answer 15

thorn means pæt and the symbol stands for and

Question 16

Name some common west-saxon manuscripts

Answer 16

The Exeter book, the Vercelli book, the Cædemon manuscript, the Beowulf manuscript

Question 17

what words are frequent in OE?

Answer 17

Compound words such as: gudcyning or grægmæl meaning prince and grey-coloured

Question 18

what underwent enourmous changes in the wake of the norman conquest?

Answer 18

the spoken language

Question 19

What happend to the written language after the norman conquest?

Answer 19

It remained close to pre-conquest late west-saxon for quite some time.

Question 20

Did OE works continue to be used in the late 12th century and early 13th century?

Answer 20

Yes