Old English Flashcards
(57 cards)
How do you spell “Queen” in old English?
cwēn
What was the earliest English writing system?
Runes
What was the best example of Runestone? [Bonus 30 if the place is stated.]
Ruthwell Cross in Scotland
The blank was instituted after the establishment of the Church and the building of the monasteries, in which the monks wrote manuscripts in Latin.
The Roman/Latin Alphabet
This script can be highly stylized, making it challenging to decipher the characters and Old English manuscripts often written in _______________.
Insular script or Anglo-Saxon minuscule
The invasion of Germanic Tribes brought the Anglo-Saxon Language. What are the two languages combined when creating old English?
Celtic and Latin.
What is the Language of the Vikings from present-day Denmark was it absorbed
into English?
Old Norse
How many loan words were estimated to enter English during this period?
1400
The word stock of Old English was far more thoroughly ________than is
our present-day vocabulary.
Germanic
What is the Traditional way of engaging with an Old English text?
To have Glossary
What are the alphabets that we do not use anymore in English? [Bonus 50 points if you can pronounce them.]
þ, ð, æ
It is also known as “Anglo-Saxon”.
Old English
It is the most famous text written in Old English.
Beowulf
Who were the first Indo-European speakers that arrived in the British Isles?
Celts
He sent a huge army and subjugated most of what is today England.
Emperor Claudius
How many years did the Romans occupied England?
400 years
- What term was used for those Britons who were “Romanized”?
Romano-British
- After adopting Christianity as their religion, what was their official language?
Latin
- The Venerable Bede was known for many things, but what was he titled the “Father of….” for?
Father of English history
- What was the common term for those who inhabit England in the 7th Century?
Angli
- It is the language spoken by the Angli (Angles), which then morphed into “Englisc”.
Anglisc
- In the 10th Century, this land was also called the “the Land of the Angles
Englaland
- He was known for promoting learning and literacy, he was also the ruler of Wessex.
Alfred the Great
- They were considered as the terror of Europe and in the Mediterranean.
Vikings
