From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time

3rd person accent Activity Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annd called Canterbury Tales Caxton's Chapter Chaucer's consonant cynegils Danelaw dictionary Dryden East Midlands eighteenth century EMidl England English language evidence example extract facsimile fourteenth century French George Fox Hart's hath haue inflections John John Dryden John of Trevisa Kentish king kyng land Latin letter London dialect long vowels longage Lord maner manuscript Margery Kempe mark meaning Middle English Midlands dialect neuer Northern nouns OE word Ormulum paer Parker Chronicle Peterborough Chronicle phrase Piers Plowman plural poem printed pronouns rhyme Section seventeenth century Sir Thomas sixteenth century ſº sound speech speke spelt spoken Standard English suffix syllables tense Text Commentary Book thee thou translation Trevisa verb verse vocabulary and grammar West Saxon William Temple wolde Word Book word list writing written