Across
- 4. From 1590, this famous playwright adds over 2,000 words to the English language
- 9. This invasion in 1066 brought the French language to England
- 10. The French equivalent of 'hearty'
- 12. An Old Norse or Germanic word brought by Vikings
- 14. An area in northern France
Down
- 1. A very old language that has influenced Latin and French
- 2. This north German tribe inhabited England after the Anglo-Saxons
- 3. Brought to England by Roman Catholic clergymen
- 5. A Germanic language that evolved into Old English
- 6. The Anglo-Saxon equivalent of 'reception'
- 7. Protected the Celts from the Anglo-Saxons
- 8. A French word meaning freedom
- 11. A Latin word meaning supreme ruler or monarch
- 13. At one time, the language of the British nobility