Anglo-Saxon Background

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Across
  1. 3. Official language of Norman conquerors (Notes and HRW 11)
  2. 4. By A.D. 409, upon evacuation of their troops, these people left England many architectural contributions (HRW 9)
  3. 6. Dragons were important creatures in Anglo-Saxon myths as protectors of this (HRW 14)
  4. 7. Anglo-Saxons could live only through the fame they received in _____ (HRW 15)
  5. 10. The discovery at Sutton Hoo showed this group of people traded with countries as distant as Egypt and Greece (not the Angels but the _____)
  6. 12. These Anglo-Saxons held positions of status and importance (also known as scops or gleemen)(Notes & HRW 14-15)
  7. 13. The focus of Anglo-Saxon life was the great mead _____ where the whole community could gather for meetings and celebrations (Notes)
  8. 15. Status achieved by doing good deeds and being recognized for them or by earning lof (HRW 15)
  9. 19. Native tongue to over 300 million people and second language of over 1 billion(HRW 9)
Down
  1. 1. The name of England (as well as the language) comes from this group of people (HRW 9)
  2. 2. St. Patrick and other Irish monks converted Ireland to _____ in 432 (Notes and HRW 16)
  3. 5. In 1939, an archaeologist discovered the remnants of a large _____ at Sutton Hoo (HRW 12)
  4. 6. Celts are usually described as blond and physically _____ (HRW 7)
  5. 8. One of the chief Norse gods (god of death, poetry, and magic) and associated with one of our days of the week (Notes and HRW 14)
  6. 9. In the Celtic religion known as _____ and Latin for spirits, priest or druids conducted religious rites at locations such as Stonehenge (HRW 7)
  7. 11. Their invasion caused the war to end between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes (Notes and HRW 11)
  8. 14. Fame and success came to those who showed _____ to their leader (to those who practiced the Code of Comitatus)(Notes and HRW 12)
  9. 16. _____ Served as preservers of the culture as they copied Latin and Greek classics and popular literature from Anglo-Saxon oral tales (Notes and HRW 16)
  10. 17. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle initiated this feeling for English as a language of culture (HRW 17)
  11. 18. This day of the week is named after the Norse god Thunor or Thor (Notes & HRW 14)