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OLD ENGLISH

OLD ENGLISH. OLD ENGLISH. THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND WERE BRITONS THEY SPOKE CELTIC LANGUAGE THE TERM OLD ENGLISH IS RELATED TO THE ANGLO SAXON IT IS NOT A HOMOGENEOUS LANGUAGE IT HAD DIALECTICAL DIFFERENCES THE FOUR MAIN DIALECTS WERE NORTHUMBRAIN, MERCIAN,WEST-SAXONAND KENTISH.

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OLD ENGLISH

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  1. OLD ENGLISH

  2. OLD ENGLISH • THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND WERE BRITONS • THEY SPOKE CELTIC LANGUAGE • THE TERM OLD ENGLISH IS RELATED TO THE ANGLO SAXON • IT IS NOT A HOMOGENEOUS LANGUAGE • IT HAD DIALECTICAL DIFFERENCES • THE FOUR MAIN DIALECTS WERE NORTHUMBRAIN, MERCIAN,WEST-SAXONAND KENTISH

  3. OLD ENGLISH ….. • OF ALL DIALECTS WEST-SAXON BECAME THE MOST IMPORATNT • IT IS THE FIRST TO ATTAIN THE POLITICAL UNITY WITH ORDERLY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT • LITERATURE WAS WRITTEN IN THE DIALECT OF WESSEX • BEOWULF, TRANSLATION OF RELIGIOUS WORKS,AND THE ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE IS WRITTEN IN THE DIALECT OF WESSEX

  4. TRACES OF WESSEX • EXISTANCE OF DOUBLETS • HALE AND HEALTHY • DENT AND DINT

  5. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANGLO SAXONS • VOCABULAY • PRONUNCIATION • SPELLING • GRAMMAR • INFLECTED LANGUAGE • SYNTAX • CHANGE OF MEANING • VOWEL GRADATION • MUTATION

  6. VOCABULARY • COMMON NAMES AND ESSENTIAL THINGS OF EXISTANCE • NAMES OF OCCUPATION • NATURAL PHENOMENON • CLOSELY RELATED LATIN AND OLD NORSE LANGUAGE

  7. VOCABULARY… • WORDS FOR THE CLOSER FAMILY RELATIONSHIP • FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER • NAMES OF MOST OF THEIR STAPLE FOODS • BREAD, BUTTER, MILK AND MEAT • NAMES OF THE TYPICAL TREES AND WIDE SPREAD FORMS OF VEGETATION • ROSE THE NATIONAL EMBLEM AND COMMON NAMES LIKE HOME NAD HOUSES

  8. CON… • THEY LED SIMPLE LIFE • FIGHT WAS FREQUENT • NAMES OF THE SIMPLE KIND OF WEAPONS • SWORD ,SPEAR,BOW, SHIELD • NATURAL FEATURES • SUN, MOON , THE STARS • LARGE DIVISION OF TIME • DAY, NIGHT, WEEK, MONTH,YEAR • HOUR, MINUTE AND SECONDS CAME FROM FRENCH

  9. CON… • STOCK ALLITEARTIVE PHRASES • FAIR OR FOUL , KITH AND KIN • COMMON SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES • DOM, HOOD, ING, SHIP, FORTH, WITH • IT SI RICH IN VIVID EXPRESSIONS AND POETICAL PHRASES • SHIP-FOAMY NECKED FLOATER OF THE SEA • IT SI RICH IN INFLECTIONS • HEART, HEARTILY, HEARTFELT • BOLD, BOLDLY, BOLDNESS

  10. PREPARED BY B.SEENI RAHFU NISHA

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