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The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE

The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE: Linguistic developments

The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE:

The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE:

The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE: Gradual spread of Anglo-Saxon settlements

The Old English Period: ca. 500-1100 CE:

The Old English Period — ca. 500-1100 CE:Christianization brings writing

Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne Gospels

More Anglo-Saxon religious art

More Anglo-Saxon religious art

The first English writing

The first English writing

Sound changes: i-mutation or umlaut (Crystal p. 19)

Sound changes: i-mutation or umlaut (cont’d)

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More Anglo-Saxon Art: Sutton Hoo

The Origin of our Alphabet

How writing develops

The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy

The "Wars with the Danes": 8th & 9th centuries CE

The Danelaw: Language Effects