English Language

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Across
  1. 2. What group of people spoke into modern day whales, scotland, and ireland
  2. 3. King alfred pushed back against this
  3. 7. words for new gadgets or food
  4. 8. Native lower class still spoke english, which created this kind of divide
  5. 9. meaning skill or cleverness
  6. 10. Descending from early european farmers who mixed with local hunter
  7. 11. An old language that has germanic orgins
  8. 13. An alphabet that is dying out
  9. 14. To fix word order
  10. 15. This language was written in the oldest known english poem
  11. 17. in 878 the danes and norsemen invaded
  12. 18. Invented more than 1,600 words
  13. 20. From medieval royal council
  14. 21. The invention that impacted the english language
  15. 22. The canterbury tales author
  16. 23. in 597, st Augustine brought christianity and word of this language
  17. 25. Germanic plural for house
  18. 27. Normans spoke an early version of this
  19. 28. Something under control
  20. 29. The words for this are derived from french origin for fine dining
Down
  1. 1. publishes in 1604 and contained 2,500 words
  2. 4. The key difference between early modern english and modern english
  3. 5. Set up the first printing press in england
  4. 6. Interaction with these people helped words get picked
  5. 12. invented by shakespeare, group of letters that is added
  6. 16. Where the word "English" originates from
  7. 18. part of a poem
  8. 19. What many words can relate to
  9. 24. The kind that pushed against the viking invasion
  10. 26. Express tone and mood