There are many words in Modern English that look pretty the same as in Old English.
• Nouns: cynn 'kin', hand, god, man(n), word.
• Pronouns: hē, ic 'I', mē, self, wē.
• Verbs: beran 'bear', cuman 'come', dyde 'did', sittan 'sit', wæs 'was'.
• Adjectives: fæst 'fast', gōd 'good', hālig 'holy', rīce 'rich', wīd 'wide'.
• Adverbs: alle 'all', nū 'now', tō 'too', ðǣr 'there'.
• Prepositions: æfter 'after', for, in, on, under.
• Articles: ðæt 'that', ðis 'this'.
• Conjunctions: and, gif 'if'.
Read the Old English words and give their Modern English equivalents.
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Compare two variants of Lord’s Prayer in Old Norse and Old English. Do they sound similar? Why?
Listen to a piece of Bede’s HISTORIA ECCESIASTICA in Old English and try to define the main idea of the story given.
Read the paragraphs dedicated to OE language in the textbooks of
Iliyish B. The History of English language p. 48-140
Rastorguyeva T.A. The History of English Language p. 74-148
Arakin V. The History of English Language p. 36-109
And fill in the given chart
PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OE LANGUAGE
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NORMAN CONQUEST
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| 1066 | 1167 | 1215 | 1282 | 1286 | 1337 | 1381 | 1455 |
ACTIVATING THE STUDENTS’ BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
1. Do you know …
1) Who ordered to build the Tower and why?
2) Why are most the Christian afraid of Doomsday?
3) When was Oxford founded?
4) What is the nickname of the Richard the First, the Plantagenet?
5) Who wanted to hammer Scots into the ground and destroy them, but in fact he had hammered them into a nation?
6) What is the reason of the Hundred Years’ War with France?
7) What is the emblem of Lancastrains and Yorks?
DATA BASE - NORMAN CONQUEST
Listen and complete the chart
| …….. | The Battle of ……………: William of Normandy defeats …………. with a lucky shot and becomes King of England |
| 1078 | Work starts on ………………………………………………………… |
| 1086 | The ……………………. is compiled, a complete inventory of Britain |
| 1167 | ……………… University Founded |
| 1215 | The …………………….. is signed by King ………………………… |
| 1282 | King Edward conquers ……………………………………………….. |
| 1296 | King Edward invades …………………..and takes ………………….. |
| 1306 | …………………………………… crowned King of the Scots |
| ……... | Hundred Years' War with ……………………………………………… |
| 1348 - 49 | The …………………….. arrived in England and killed nearly ………. of the population |
| ……... | The Peasant’s Revolt under ……………………………………………. |
| 1387 | …………………. starts writing the …………………………………… |
| ……... | Civil War: The War of …………….. starts |
Read an extract below and fill in the gaps
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England was conquered in _____ by an army led by ___________________ from the Duchy of Normandy, a fief of the Kingdom of France.
The Normans themselves originated from ________________ and had settled in Normandy a few centuries earlier.
Normans introduced feudalism and maintained power through barons, who set up castles across England. _________________________ also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester was the record of the great survey of England completed in _____, executed for William I of England, or 'William the Conqueror'. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today.
The conquerors brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the Royal Court, and the ruling and business classes.
For a period there was a kind of linguistic class division, where the lower classes spoke English and the upper classes spoke Norman French which would have considerable influence on the English language.
 In the 14th century English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words added. This language is called Middle English. It was the language of the great poet Chaucer, but it would still be difficult for native English speakers to understand today.
Catholic monasticism flourished, providing philosophers and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge were founded with royal patronage.
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The House of Plantagenet
The House of Plantagenet reigned for three centuries, proving noted monarchs such as Richard I, Edward I, Edward III and Henry V. The period saw improvements in trade and legislation, including the signing of the Magna Carta which required King John of England to proclaim certain rights (mainly of his barons), respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound by the law.
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