Outlines of the History of the English Language

affected Alfred already appear belong Britain called Celtic century chapter character Christianity Chronicle common compared connected Conquest considerable considered continued correspondence Danes Danish declension dialect distinction earlier early element England English words example expressed foreign former French further German give given Gothic grammar hand idea illustrated inflections influence instance king knowledge land language later Latin learning less literature living marked material meaning Modern English native Norman Northumbria noted noticed nouns occurs Old English once original passage past period person plural poem poetry practice present preserved prose reference regards relation remains represented respect result rule Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen shew sing speaking specimens speech style suggest taken Teutonic thing thou traced translation turn verb vocabulary vowel writers written þæt