English history

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Across
  1. 2. → Early writing system used by Anglo-Saxons before Latin script became dominant
  2. 4. → Systematic alternation of vowels in related words to mark tense, number, or grammatical categories (sing → sang → sung)
  3. 5. → The language of the Anglo-Saxons, used in epic poems like Beowulf
  4. 9. → Classification of nouns (masculine, feminine, neuter) affecting adjectives and pronouns in Old English
  5. 10. → English translation of the Christian holy book, published in 1611, influential in shaping English prose
  6. 11. → Famous Middle English collection of stories by Chaucer
  7. 16. → American lexicographer who simplified English spelling and wrote a famous dictionary
  8. 18. → English variant Noah Webster aimed to differentiate American spelling from
  9. 20. → Henry VIII’s first wife; divorce led to schism with Roman Catholic Church
  10. 21. → Historic site where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned and executed
  11. 22. → Irregular morphological change where the form of a word is completely different (e.g., go → went; good → better)
  12. 23. → King who broke with the Catholic Church to marry Anne Boleyn
  13. 24. → Playwright of Othello and Macbeth, famous for coining many English words
Down
  1. 1. → Shakespeare’s English, with expanded vocabulary and standardized spelling
  2. 3. → The English of Chaucer’s time, influenced by Norman French
  3. 6. → Verb that marks past tense by internal vowel change rather than adding a suffix (-ed)
  4. 7. → Verb forming past tense using a dental suffix (-ed, -t) rather than internal change
  5. 8. → Morphological modification of a word to express tense, case, number, or gender
  6. 12. → Process of adding a morpheme at the end of a word to create a new form or meaning (Old English verbs and nouns often used this)
  7. 13. → Classical source for early Bible translations; influenced King James Bible
  8. 14. → Henry VIII’s second wife, mother of Elizabeth I, executed at the Tower of London
  9. 15. → Technology that helped standardize English and spread literature
  10. 17. → Tudor queen whose reign saw a golden age of English literature and exploration
  11. 19. → Epic poem in Old English about a hero fighting monsters