Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Rostock, language: English, abstract: Structure:


Part I - Textual Work on "Bedes Account of the Poet Cdmon"
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 lr and lran2
3.Word formation and Compounding2 - 3

Part II - Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English
1.Introduction3 - 4
2.Historical Background - Viking Invasion on the British Isle4 - 5
3.Language Family6 - 7
4.Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts7 - 9
5.Norse-derived vocabulary10 - 11
6.Conclusion11


Bibliography12
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Part I - Textual Work on "Bedes Account of the Poet Cdmon"

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. gumacyrice
Sg.a.gumancyrican
Sg.g.gumancyrican
Sg.d.gumancyrican
Pl.n.gumancyrican
Pl.a.gumancyrican
Pl.g.gumenacyricena
Pl.d.gumumcyricum

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