U5 L2 Old English Flashcards
What happened to the manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon literature?
- Danes destroyed it in raids
- destroyed monastic libraries
- but monks escaped with some
What do the surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscripts reveal?
examples of:
- narrative
- elegiac
- religious
- epic poetry
Before Alfred’s reign, what was the language spelled in?
phonetic imitation of speech
Who are Most examples of Old English existing today preserved by?
scribes
During the reign of Alfred the Great, what became more regular?
Spelling became more regular
During the reign of Aelfric, what became standardized?
spelling of West Saxon became standardized
What are the origins of Anglo-Saxon language?
Anglo Saxon I Germanic origin I Indo-European language
What were other Germanic languages of that time?
- Old Saxon
- Old Frisian
- Old Norse
- Old High German
What parts of English speech come from Anglo-Saxon?
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Pronouns
- Articles
- Auxiliary verbs
PC PAAv
What are exampled of Anglo Saxon words that are basic parts of modern English vocabulary?
Father- Faeder Mother- Moder Friend- Freond Sheep- Sceap Heaven- Heafon
Where are words of Anglo-Saxon origin commonly used?
everyday speech and writing
Why did Anglo-Saxon language depend on inflections?
to indicate gender and grammatical function
Which pronouns in Anglo-Saxon have retained their original forms in modern English?
me, we, us
he, his, him
What parts of speech in Anglo-Saxon were inflected?
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Verbs
- article ‘the’
