A Short History of the English Language

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Across
  1. 2. the old english plural of 'house'
  2. 4. a word added at the start of another
  3. 6. a poem of 14 lines
  4. 8. the system and structure of a language
  5. 10. referring to the English
  6. 11. regarded as a 'dead language', taught at PLC
  7. 12. economic activity
  8. 13. an English poet best known for The Canterbury Tales
  9. 16. the act of mass producing text
  10. 22. seafaring people originally from Scandinavia
  11. 23. the official language of French
  12. 25. relating to language
  13. 26. a resource that lists all the words of a language
  14. 27. a word that has the same meaning as another
Down
  1. 1. an unwelcome intrusion
  2. 3. a playwright regarded as the greatest writer of the English language
  3. 5. the original people of a land
  4. 7. one may like to do this in the sun
  5. 9. the relationship of human beings to what they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual or divine
  6. 14. relating to runes
  7. 15. groups of people living together
  8. 17. Norwegians or Scandinavians in ancient or medieval times
  9. 18. an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend
  10. 19. the highest level of government
  11. 20. specialised terminology difficult for others to understand
  12. 21. animal flesh eaten as food
  13. 22. the body of words used in a particular language
  14. 24. another word for Irish people