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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
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700
Rise of the Saxon Kingdom of Wesser
Introduced new religious words borrowed from Greek and Latin -
725
Beowulf was written
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950
Danes Raid England
Danish begins to influence English -
1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
Anon- At Once
Nas- Was Not
Ywis- Surely, Certainly -
1150
Earliest Surviving Middle English Text
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1209
University of Cambridge Founded
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1375
English Becomes Dominant Language of All Classes
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1392
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1440
Printing Press Invented
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1492
Discovery of North America
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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
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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
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American Revolution
