In Middle English, occasional verbs developed a strong past tense or past participle due to: Borrowing Analogy Grimm's law Reanalysis.
The Peterborough Chronicle was weitten in installments_____________. From 1054 to 1170 From 1070 to 1154 From 1154 to 1270 From 1170 to 1254.
Which of the following options is correct? Kentish and West Saxon are preserved mainly in charters, runic inscriptions, a few brief fragments of verse, and some interlinear translations of portions of the Bible. Kentish and Northumbrian are preserved mainly in charters, runic inscriptions, a few brief fragments of verse, and some interlinear translations of portions of the Bible. West Saxon and Mercian are preserved mainly in charters, runic inscriptions, a few brief fragments of verse, and some interlinear translations of portions of the Bible. Northumbrian and Mercian are preserved mainly in charters, runic inscriptions, a few brief fragments of verse and some interlinear translations of portions of the Bible.
In which area of England would it have been difficult to predict that the "-s" would become the almost universal sign of the plural that it has become? West Midland South East Midland North.
The verb rædan (to advise) and sceððan (to injure) became weak in: Early Modern English Late Middle English Old English Early Middle English.
In 1400 who sent this written message to the king?: "And, noble Prince, marvel ye not that I write my letters in English, for that is more clear to my understanding than Latin or French": Richard Kingston Ranulph Higden John Trevisa George Dunbar.
Which of the following words is a compound? foresettan swīþmōd wiþsprecan mōdiglic.
In which of the following sentences do we find subject-verb inversion (VS), being the verb finite? þe cuðe him itelle An æies cunnes spelle Of halve þan richedome þe wes inne Kairliune, if he hwilcne drænc drincð þam þrim daȝum his lif he ȝeændað Da eode he geond iericho Ond se cyng þā betæhte þā fyrde tō lædenne Ælfrīce ealdorman.
In which of the following sentences do we have a relative pronoun functioning as the subject of the clause? Đry da as syndon on eare þe ȝ ȝ we eȝiptiaci hatað, And of riche iweden þa inne hirede weoren. forþām micclan brōgan þe hi worhtan be þām særiman; on þære nihte ðe hi on ðone dæg togædere cuman sceoldon.
Which is the matrix verb in this construction: Mannes sunu cōm secean & hāl dōn þt forwearð cōm forwearð secean dōn.
In which of the following sentences can we find a discontinuous coordinate noun phrase? Hi hadden hin manred maked and athes sworen; ac hi nan treuthe en heolden þæt hy on ealond sum ēagum wlīten ond þonne gehyðað heahstefn scipu to þam unlonde oncyrrapum þonne hit wæs renig weder ond ič reotugu sæt þonne mēč sē beaducafa bōgum bileġde, Ðes aeppel, love suster bitacneð alle þe þing þet lust falleð to ant Delit of sunne.
Provide the missing information in this statement: "In the twelfth century there are patriotic complaints that__________and other others formerly taught the people in English, but their lore is lost" Bede Archbishop Parker Peter des Roches John Gower.
What did the Statute of Pleading state? English should be used in wills and municipal acts English should be used in charters English should be used in the law courts English should be used in educational institutions.
Languages that are not spoken by native speakers any more are technically called: Dead languages Old languages Endangered languages Proto-languages.
Which of the following structures contains an adverbial clause of cause? Ðonne gewīciad wērigferðe faroð lācende frēcnes ne wēnað on þam ealonde æled weccaðheah fỹr æ̃led hæleþ beoþ on wynnum And al swa þa wimmen Wunliche on heowen And hahlukest iscrudde And alre bezst itoʒene Ða cwæð sē heælend to him to-dæg þisse hiw-ræddene ys hæl gewōrden forþam he wæs habrahames bearn: Ne kan he hine so biþenche þeʒ he bo ʒep an suþe snel þat he ne lost his rede vel.
Which of the following options is correct? The Frisians, some of whom, almost certainly came to England, occupied the northern half of the Danish peninsula. The Jutes, some of whom, almost certainly came to England, occupied a narrow strip along the coast from the Elbe to the Rhine, together with the islands opposite. The Jutes, some of whom, almost certainly came to England, occupied a narrow strip along the coast from the Weser to the Rhine, and perhaps a small area at the base. The Frisians, some of whom, almost certainly came to England, occupied a narrow strip along the coast from the Weser to the Rhine together with the islands opposite.
Provide the missing adjective "good" in Old English in this given context: se_______mann. gōd gōdum gōda gōdan.
Which of the following statements is correct? In addition to the modern English order VS, Old English has SV and, in subordinate clauses, S...V. In addition to the modern English order SV, Old English has S...V and, in subordinate clauses, VS. In addition to the modern English order S...V, Old English has VS and, in subordinate clauses SV. In addition to the modern English order SV, Old English has VS and, in subordinate clauses, S...V.
The verb to slay in Old English had the forms: slæn, slōy, slōyon, slæyen slain, slōy, slōgon, slayen slēan—slōg—slōgon—slægen slēan—slōg—slōgon—slōgen.
Which of the following statements about the adjective declesion in Middle English is not correct? The form of the nominative singular was early extended to all the cases of the singular in both declesions. By about 1250, the weak declesion had distinctive forms only for the singular in certain monosyllabic adjectives. In the strong declesion there was no longer any distinction between the singular and the plural when the singular of the adjective ended in "-e" In the weak declesion there was no longer any distinction between the singular and the plural: both ended in "-e".
By 1250, there had grown up in England about two hundred towns which became free and self-governing and were able to (choose the process which does not apply): Try their own cases Assess taxes in their own way Regulate commercial affairs Centralize authority for their military protection.
Provide the missing information:
The stems of nouns belonging to the vowel declesion ended in one of four vowels in Germanic (although these have disappeared in Old English): _____________, and the inflection varies accordingly. a, ō, i, or u ā, i, e or u a, o, e, or u ā, o, i, or u.
Which of the following sentences contains at least one verbe whose subject is not explicitly present but has to be recovered from the verbal inflection and the context? þe fox so godne en can nanne þe[ʒ] he kunne so vele wrenche þat he wenþ eche hunde atprenche; Ðonne gewīciad wērigferðefaroð lācende frēcnes ne wēnaðon þam ealon de æled weccað heah fỹr æ̃led Noþer bi dune ne bi venne Bute he kan climbe suþe wel; forþām micclan brōgan þe hi worhtan be þām særiman; þæt wæs ærest tyn þūsend punda.
[that] [was] [first] [then] [thousand] [pounds] .
In which of the following sentences can we find a discontinuous coordinate noun phrase? þæt hy on ealond sum ēagum wlīten ond þonne gehyðað heahstefn sciputo þam unlonde oncyrrapum þonne hit wæs renig weder ond ič reotugu sæt þonne mēč sē beaducafa bōgum bileġde, Ðes aeppel, love suster bitacneð alle þe þing þet lust falleð to ant Delit of sunne Hi hadden hin manred maked and athes sworen; ac hi nan treuthe en heolden.
At the end of the twelfth century in England, a knowledge of English among churchmen and men of education was__________: unusual to be expected not uncommon linked to respect.
The past tense of slide should have been: slode slided slad slud.
In which of the following sentences do we find a deverbal adjective? Is þæs hiw ġelic hrēohum stane þurh mōdegemynd bi þam miclan hwale ond Æðelwine ealdorman gefor on þām ilcan gēare þet is Eve, bihcold on þe forboden eappel.
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