Anglo Saxon Language Change

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Anglo Saxon Language Change

Invasions Roman Empire falls – British provinces cut loose Celtic tribes begin to invade along with Anglo-Saxon tribes Celtic languages develop but do not prevail with the presence of Anglo-Saxon culture

Runes Before the introduction of Christianity Symbols for writing messages Means “secret” or “mystery” Believed if you used runes in the right order they have magical powers Some runes meant: Wealth/cattle, water, giant, corn, journey, illness, gift, joy, hail, need, ice , harvest, fate, elk, sun, birch, horse, man, lake, inheritance

Old English Musical language Very different from the English we speak today Scholars and specialists are the only people who can read it today http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/language _timeline/index_embed.shtml

How it Became Transcribed Around 600 AD Christian missionaries arrive Begin first bits of literacy No standard system of spelling, write the way things sounded Adopted Latin alphabet to fit Old English sounds in that part of the country Developed Old English dialects Northumbrian – North Mercian- the midlands West-Saxon – South & West ( most documents written in this dialect because they were politically prestigious in Wessex) Kentish – South East

Similarities Simple every-day words: Family Words: An – One Faeder – Father Twa – two Modor – mother Threo – three Dohtor- Daughter Feower – four Aeppel – apple Hund- hound

Similarities (contin.) Parts of the body: Vowel Changes/ Tenses: Heorte- heart Sing/Sang/Sung = singan/ sang/ sungen Fot – foot

Fun Fact! The Anglo-Saxons were a pagan race and traces still remain in the names of four days of the week: Tuesday - Tiw Wednesday –Woden Thursday –Thor Friday – Frig (Thor’s Wife)

Scops Singers who used the language to sing/tell stories Sometimes made things up as they went along Accompanied their tales with harps

Word Play Anglo-Saxon people loved word games Famous riddle book is called The Exeter Book Two kinds Writing from the object’s perspective Describing the object

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