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