Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English

Textual Work on Bede's Account of the poet Cædmon

Seminar Paper , 2009 , 14 Pages , Grade: 2,3

English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics

Structure:

Part I – Textual Work on “Bede´s Account of the Poet Cædmon”
1. Provement of the claim: For a precise classification of Old English 1 - 2
inflexional forms it does usually not suffice only to look at the
respective form.
2. Formative relationship between OE lār and læran 2
3. Word formation and Compounding 2 - 3

Part II – Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English
1. Introduction 3 - 4
2. Historical Background – Viking Invasion on the British Isle 4 - 5
3. Language Family 6 - 7
4. Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts 7 - 9
5. Norse-derived vocabulary 10 - 11
6. Conclusion 11

Bibliography 12
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Part I – Textual Work on “Bede´s Account of the Poet Cædmon”

1.)
It is unprofitable only to look at the respective form, because the –an declension of nouns contains five forms with the ending –an (Sg.a./g./d. - Pl.n./a.)

Examples: guma – engl.: man (masc.) cyrice – engl.: church (fem.)
Sg.n. guma cyrice
Sg.a. guman cyrican
Sg.g. guman cyrican
Sg.d. guman cyrican
Pl.n. guman cyrican
Pl.a. guman cyrican
Pl.g. gumena cyricena
Pl.d. gumum cyricum

Next I will specify case, number, gender, declensional/conjugational class, weak/strong inflexion of the following forms from the Cædmon text.

Structure:

Part I – Textual Work on “Bede´s Account of the Poet Cædmon”
1. Provement of the claim: For a precise classification of Old English inflexional forms it does usually not suffice only to look at the respective form.
2. Formative relationship between OE lār and læran
3. Word formation and Compounding

Part II – Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English
1. Introduction
2. Historical Background – Viking Invasion on the British Isle
3. Language Family
4. Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts
5. Norse-derived vocabulary
6. Conclusion

Bibliography

• College: University of Rostock
• Grade: 2,3
• Author: Kevin Theinl (Author)
• Publication Year: 2009
• Pages: 14
• Catalog Number: V179374
• ISBN (eBook): 9783656017400
• ISBN (Book): 9783656017141
• Language: English
• Tags: Old English, Scandinavian Influence, Bede´s Account of the Poet Cædmon, inflexional form, respective form, word formation, compounding, viking invasion, Britain, loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts, Norse, Angles, Saxons, Germanic invasion, Ælfred the Great, Northumbria, Danelaw, United Kingdom, Old High German, Gothic