History of English

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Across
  1. 2. Began the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  2. 3. Vikings' turf in England
  3. 4. global event that essentially saved English
  4. 8. language created by Jutes, Angles & Saxons
  5. 9. impact of Old French seen in this aspect of English
  6. 10. new word in English to refer to sheep's meat
  7. 11. Homeland of William
  8. 14. Duke of Lancaster, first Norman king to speak English
  9. 15. century when the Jutes, Angels & Saxons invaded
  10. 16. Defeated the Danes
  11. 19. city whose dialect became the standard for Middle English
  12. 21. region where the language of English has its roots
  13. 22. early Germanic script
Down
  1. 1. epic poem in Old English
  2. 3. French word synonym to the Old English word "wish"
  3. 5. William's language
  4. 6. Conqueror in 1066
  5. 7. Christian missionary
  6. 12. wrote "The Canterbury Tales"
  7. 13. Battle of Hastings Loser
  8. 17. useless word believed to be left over from the Celts
  9. 18. Old Norse word equivalent to the Old English "craft"
  10. 20. Invaders who came in the 8th century