Old English

Question 1

Old English Syntax

Answer 1

Relatively free word order inherited from Proto-Germanic

Rich inflectional system marking case

Question 2

What percentage of Old English vocabulary was Germanic?

Answer 2

97%

Question 3

Old English Morphology: Verbs

Answer 3

Inflected for tense, person & number

Different inflections for strong or weak verbs

Question 4

Old English Morphology: Nouns

Answer 4

Inflected for case, number & gender
Different inflections for strong or weak (+ other
minor classes) nouns

Question 5

Old English Morphology: Articles/Determiners

Answer 5

Inflected for case, number & gender

Question 6

Old English Morphology: Adjectives

Answer 6

Inflected for case, number & gender; inflections for strong or weak uses

Question 7

Old English Morphology: Pronouns

Answer 7

Inflected for case, number & gender

Question 8

Who inhabited the British Isles in the early 5th Century?

Answer 8

Celts and Anglo-Romans

Question 9

Who began to invade the British Isles in the mid 5th Century?

Answer 9

Angles, Saxons and Jutes

Question 10

What happened in 597?

Answer 10

St Augustine brings Christianity to

Kent

Question 11

What was dominant in Europe from 635-c.750?

Answer 11

Northumbrian Christianity

Question 12

When did the Viking raids begin?

Answer 12

787

Question 13

When was Benedictine reform?

Answer 13

Late 10th Century

Question 14

What three languages did Old English borrow words from?

Answer 14

Celtic, Latin and Norse

Question 15

When were the Scandinavian Invasions?

Answer 15

787-850, 851-878, 878-1042

Question 16

What Old Norse vocab was used in the Late Old English period?

Answer 16

Few words, mainly technical; seafaring, warfare, law and administration