Languages (mixed up)
Old English
Middle English
Modern English
Anglo Saxon
100
The language "group" out of the three (old, middle, modern) we speak today.
What is modern English?
100
Anglo Saxon period AKA..
What is another name for the Old English period? YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS.
100
1150 CE
What is the year Middle English dates back to?
100
1500
What is the year Modern English started?
100
"Nasty, brutish, and short."
What is the Anglo Saxon lifestyle?
200
It's basically a foreign language.
What is Old English?
200
449 CE
How far does Old English date back too?
200
1500 CE
What is the year Middle English "died out?"
200
It is still being spoke today.
Is Modern English still "alive?"
200
449 CE - 1066 CE
What is the time period of the Anglo Saxons?
300
"Fæder ure ðu ðe eart on heofenum" An Example of..
What is Old English?
300
1066 CE
Around what year did Old English "die out?"
300
The language was introduced by...
Who are the French Normans?
300
Two well known men during the beginning of Modern English development
Who is William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser?
300
The only kingdom to survive the viking invasion.
What is Wessex?
400
"Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote" an example of?..
What is Middle English?
400
An invasion in the Anglo Saxon period.
What is the viking invasion?
400
Famous author during the 14th century.
Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?
400
Jonathan Swift.. (did what)
Who created the dictionary?
400
Through kinship groups led by a strong chief.
How did the Anglo Saxon society develop?
500
"Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote" what does "shoures" translate to in modern english?
What is rain?
500
Backwards letters, unreadable.
What is Old English known for the most?
500
The face of middle English is..
Who Geoffrey Chaucer?
500
The language we still speak today even though it's always changing.
What is Modern English? (You better not miss this)
500
The primary currency
What is land to an Anglo Saxon?
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