A Short History of the English Language

2. Shakespeare wrote many of these; Ex. Shall I compare thee to a summers day.
3. WIlliam ____________ set up the first printing press in England, 1476.
7. The land the Angles came from; the name of the language sounds suspiciously like English.
9. The only group who's language influenced English, and their country is still around.
10. The key difference between Early Modern English, and Modern English
12. They invaded twice; first, with two other groups of people, and second, alone.
13. These were brought into the English language mostly by the Norse and French.
14. The before part of a word.
16. One of these is what St. Augustine brought with him when he came to Saxon.
17. Old word for slang.
18. Adopted into Middle English in the 14'th century from Old Norse.
20. He invented more than 1,600 words.
24. Words from talking with these people were taken and used in English.
25. Relating to languages and how they change and are influenced.
27. This form of English died out after the Norman Invasion.
28. It was printed in 1604, containing about 2,500 words.

1. The English words of this origin are mostly related to religion and daily life.
3. Who wrote, "The Canterbury Tales"?
4. "it was an age of invention, innovation, and _______________."
5. They were pushed out of Britain by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in the 5'th century.
6. Still acknowledges and practices historical English.
8. This language is of germanic origin, and was brought in with the invasion of the Vikings and Danes.
11. A monumental piece on literature, the first of it's kind; written in old, runic English.
15. Like shoe, and shoen
19. This person tried to protect Britain from invasion, but the gosh darn FRENCH ruined it again.
21. These are why so many different languages are a part of English.
22. News papers come off of the _____________ press.
23. Derived from animals; Ex. Cows
26. Spelling and pronunciation
29. "The first 13 ____________ in America."