History of the English Language

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Across
  1. 5. OE Literary prose flourished in Wessex during King Alfred’s reign
  2. 7. Collection of sermons written in the early 11th c.
  3. 8. A stylistic device using the same sound at the beginning of at least two stressed syllables in the line
  4. 9. What is the runic alphabet called?
  5. 13. Name one of the two best known runic inscriptions
  6. 16. Name one of the two best known runic inscriptions
  7. 17. A poem of serious reflection, such as a lament for the dead
Down
  1. 1. What is the name of the principal poem inscription on the Ruthwell Cross?
  2. 2. Which OE dialect is the ancestor of modern English
  3. 3. What kind of shape do the runes have?
  4. 4. The majority of the manuscripts, containing anything worth reading as literature, are in which OE dialect?
  5. 6. OE dialects acquired certain common features which distinguished them from which Germanic tongues?
  6. 10. OE heroic poems were handed down in what form?
  7. 11. The oldest poem in Germanic literature
  8. 12. The early samples of written English in Latin letters
  9. 14. What does the word 'rune' mean?
  10. 15. A most valuable source of the language history