English Language

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  • Period: 400 to 1100

    Old English

    Bedward- Heading to bed
    Brabble- Arguing loudly about something not important
    Erstwhile- Things not current, things from a former timer
  • 700

    Earliest Manuscript Records of Old English

  • 700

    Rise of the Saxon Kingdom of Wesser

    Introduced new religious words borrowed from Greek and Latin
  • Beowulf was written
    725

    Beowulf was written

  • 950

    Danes Raid England

    Danish begins to influence English
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

    Anon- At Once
    Nas- Was Not
    Ywis- Surely, Certainly
  • 1150

    Earliest Surviving Middle English Text

  • 1209

    University of Cambridge Founded

  • 1375

    English Becomes Dominant Language of All Classes

  • 1392

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • Printing Press Invented
    1440

    Printing Press Invented

  • 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

    Afeard- afraid, scared
    Belike- probably, perhaps
    Knave- scoundrel, rascal
  • 1549

    Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England Published

  • William Bullokar's Pamphlet for Grammar Published

    First English Grammar

  • Robert Cawdrey's Table Alphabeticall Published

    First English Dictionary

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution