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How is it possible that, for example, English and Italian are distant 'cousins'? How closely related are D & E? Hint: language family tree

Which stages can you distinguish in the English language evolution?

Find out which tribes/people lived in Britain before the Romans came (55 BC). Tip: there are more than 2...

Find out what the etymology of the name 'England' is.

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What are runes?

Assignment

Write a message to one of your classmates using the Runic alphabet (not a dirty one). It should say at least your name and your age. 

We'll exchange after 8 minutes. It's up to your classmate to decipher your message in runes. 

Who was the Venerable Bede and why was he important to (Old) English history?

Assignment

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and look up the roots of the following words. They can have either an Old English or Celtic root. Write down the root form and where it came from.

Thames, man, crag, wife, child, son, daughter, London, make, love, torr, family, work, come, go, look, word, but, for, and, binn, Avon

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and loop up the Old English roots of the following words:

man, wife, child, son, daughter, make, use, love, family, work, come, go, 

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and look up the roots of the following words. They can have either an Old English, Latin or Celtic root. Write down the root form and where it came from.

Thames, man, crag, wife, child, son, daughter, London, make, use, love, torr, family, work, come, go, look, word, but, for, and, binn, Avon, 

What is the Danelaw?

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The definition of false friend(s) and kenning(s). Give at least one example of each. 

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What major event took place in 1066 on the British Isles and why is it significant to (Old) English history?

Question

Why is meat from a pig called 'pork' and not just 'pig meat'? In the same way, why do we say 'beef' instead of 'cow meat'?

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