Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English

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Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English is written by Kevin Theinl and published by GRIN Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3656017409 (ISBN 10) and 9783656017400 (ISBN 13).

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 “Bede ́s Account of the Poet Cædmon” 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 lār and læran 2 3. Word formation and Compounding 2 - 3 Part II – Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English 1. Introduction 3 - 4 2. Historical Background – Viking Invasion on the British Isle 4 - 5 3. Language Family 6 - 7 4. Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts 7 - 9 5. Norse-derived vocabulary 10 - 11 6. Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Erklärung über die selbstständige Abfassung einer schriftlichen Arbeit Part I – Textual Work on “Bede ́s Account of the Poet Cædmon” 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. guma cyrice Sg.a. guman cyrican Sg.g. guman cyrican Sg.d. guman cyrican Pl.n. guman cyrican Pl.a. guman cyrican Pl.g. gumena cyricena Pl.d. gumum cyricum Next I will specify case, number, gender, declensional/conjugational class, weak/strong inflexion of the following forms from the Cædmon text.