A Brief History of the English Language

Adverbs æfter Anglo-Saxon bell belong béo blindan borrowed Cædmon Celtic century Chaucer consonant Cursor Mundi cwæð dative declension dede dialect ending England ENGLISH LANGUAGE forms fréa French words genitive gode goden Gothic Greek High German hire idioms Indo-European inflection International Dictionary Jhesus king kingen Latin Layamon literary literature Lord Masc Middle English Midland modern English Neut Neuters Norman Northumbrian number of words Ormulum pæt pám past participle peculiar period person Plur plural poems pres pret preterit primary inflection primitive Professor pronoun pronunciation Robert of Gloucester Saxon Secondary Inflection sing singular sometimes spoken Subj subjunctive superlative swá syllable Teutonic languages thatt thet thiss thou tion Translation verbs of primary vocabulary vowel Webster's Dictionaries WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL West Saxon þæt