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    Germanic tribes invaded England in the 5th century, bringing their Germanic dialects which influenced the development of Old English. The Anglo-Saxons eventually dominated England and formed several kingdoms. Their language developed distinct features separate from Germanic by the 7th century and was influenced by Latin and Christianity, which was introduced in the late 6th century. By the 10th century, the West Saxon dialect had become the standard language of Britain and was characterized by alliteration and poetic effects. Many modern English words have their roots in the Old English language of this period.

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    Germanic tribes invaded England in the 5th century, bringing their Germanic dialects which influenced the development of Old English. The Anglo-Saxons eventually dominated England and formed several kingdoms. Their language developed distinct features separate from Germanic by the 7th century and was influenced by Latin and Christianity, which was introduced in the late 6th century. By the 10th century, the West Saxon dialect had become the standard language of Britain and was characterized by alliteration and poetic effects. Many modern English words have their roots in the Old English language of this period.

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    Germanic tribes invaded England in the 5th century, bringing their Germanic dialects which influenced the development of Old English. The Anglo-Saxons eventually dominated England and formed several kingdoms. Their language developed distinct features separate from Germanic by the 7th century and was influenced by Latin and Christianity, which was introduced in the late 6th century. By the 10th century, the West Saxon dialect had become the standard language of Britain and was characterized by alliteration and poetic effects. Many modern English words have their roots in the Old English language of this period.

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    Old English Language Notes VCE

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    Germanic tribes invaded England in the 5th century, bringing their Germanic dialects which influenced the development of Old English. The Anglo-Saxons eventually dominated England and formed several kingdoms. Their language developed distinct features separate from Germanic by the 7th century and was influenced by Latin and Christianity, which was introduced in the late 6th century. By the 10th century, the West Saxon dialect had become the standard language of Britain and was characterized by alliteration and poetic effects. Many modern English words have their roots in the Old English language of this period.

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     Germanic Tribes invaded England which was previously settled by the Celts

    and the Romans (430 A.D)


     Frisian people came to settle in England
     The Germanic Tribes and Frisian spoke in dialect which closes resembles
    English e.g. meal, lamb, goose, butter, cheese, sea, boat, storm, butter, rain,
    snow, mist, sleep
     The Germanic Tribes eventually took over and eventually formed seven
    smaller kingdoms the Saxons which over time became the dominant group
    hence leading to the new Anglo-Saxon nation
     The Anglo-Saxons formed suffixes that indicated place names throughout
    England e.g. -ing meaning 'people of' (Worthing, Hastings), -ton meaning
    'village' (Taunton, Burton, Luton, Brighton), -ham meaning 'farm'
    (Nottingham, Birmingham, Grantham) and -stead meaning a site
    (Hampstead)
     This new Anglo-Saxon nation became known as Engaland which was then
    shorten to England
     Around 600A.D the English language began to develop its own distinctive
    features which where separate to the Germanic dialect
     Augustine and his 40 missionaries from Rome brought Christianity to Anglo-
    Saxons of England in 597 A.D. (This then influenced English literacy and
    culture, bringing with it the establish monasteries and centres for learning)
     The Celts and early Anglo-Saxons used and alphabet of runes which are
    angular characters originally developed for scratching onto wood or stone
     The Christian missionaries introduced the more rounded roman alphabet
    much like we use today which was easier to read and more suited to writing
    on parchment
     Latin was only used by the ruling classes and church leader and Latin had a
    minor influence on the English language at this time some of the latin words
    where adopted related to religion included e.g. priest, bishop, pope, nun,
    angel, monk, baptism, candle and some of the domestic words e.g. fork,
    spade, school, plant, cook also came into English from Latin at this time
     Around the 7th Century Old English literature began to develop e.g. poetry
    started by Caedmon, and Venerable Bede Englishes first historian
     By the 10th Century the West Saxon dialect had become the official
    language of Britain
     The Old English language was characterised by poetic features such as
    alliteration and percussive effects
     The Old English language between the 8th and 11th Centuries was very
    complex in the poem Beowulf which was written in that time period is
    unique as it uses 36 different for hero, 20 for man, 12 for battle and 11 for
    ship
     Many of the basic and common we use in English today have their roots in
    Old English including water, earth and house

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