Linguistics and Beowulf Introduction

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Across
  1. 3. Duke of Normandy who conquered and brought French
  2. 5. a famous Latin writer; wrote of the English people
  3. 9. left England around 410; left temples, roads, baths
  4. 10. a reference to another text (like the Bible)
  5. 11. means payment for killing or injuring someone
  6. 12. the instrument that accompanied a bard
  7. 14. a singing storyteller also known as a bard
  8. 15. the name "England" came from this
  9. 16. a descriptive compound word used in Beowulf
  10. 18. the Old English word for "fate"
  11. 20. the language of the church; written down
  12. 22. Chaucer's language (1100-1500)
  13. 23. a bond of loyalty from a thane to his lord
  14. 25. ship burial site near Suffolk; treasures found
Down
  1. 1. the language of Beowulf; started around 450 AD
  2. 2. the English spoken by Shakespeare (1500+)
  3. 4. a fictional character who helps Hrothgar
  4. 6. a famous Celtic leader
  5. 7. lived in the British Isles before Romans came; Celts
  6. 8. the earliest ancestor of English
  7. 13. France lost to England in this
  8. 17. king who defeated the Danes; translated works
  9. 19. the repetition of consonant/beginning sounds
  10. 21. the language of the Vikings
  11. 24. the number of main stresses per line in Beowulf