Across
- 1. Old English word for “stone” (ancestor form)
- 3. What was the Germanic alphabet called ?
- 5. What is the most famous poem in Old English?
- 6. Language family of Old English
- 7. Who translated important Latin works into English?
- 8. Major literary work about knights and chivalry
- 9. Type of grammar with many word endings
- 11. Middle English social poem writer (Piers Plowman)
- 12. Middle English period time range start century.
- 13. Influence that brought many French words into English
- 15. Which dialect influenced London in Anglo Saxon England ?
- 17. Main dialect of Middle English literature
- 18. Old English word meaning “house” or “dwelling”
Down
- 1. What is the most noticeable difference between Old English and Middle English
- 2. Author of The Canterbury Tales
- 4. Language group Old English belongs to
- 9. Main linguistic change loss of grammatical endings
- 10. Old English poetic tradition with heroic themes
- 14. Germanic tribes who settled in Britain
- 16. Dialect that became the basis of modern English