Across
- 4. the principal method of human communication
- 6. Group whose language had already simplified English before the Vikings arrived.
- 8. Act of invading, spreading dangerously.
- 11. a native or inhabitant of Iceland, or a person of Icelandic descent.
- 13. Linguistic term for words taken from one language and used in another
- 14. Group consisting only of Greek words
- 15. an old Icelandic word for “Angry”
Down
- 1. word used by McCrum in the Globish to define English
- 2. Grammatical endings that were largely dropped in English due to Viking influence
- 3. That we have from birth.
- 5. Language spoken by Scandinavian Vikings that influenced English
- 7. an alternate word in greek to define photographs
- 9. made to exist
- 10. a native or inhabitant of Frisia or Friesland
- 12. Word borrowed from Norse, contrasted with 'ditch