Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English

Textual Work on Bede's Account of the poet Cædmon

Kevin Theinl

• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9783656017400
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: European Literary Collections
• Index: Literature

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 - 2inflexional forms it does usually not suffice only to look at the respective form. 2.Formative relationship between OE l?r and læran23.Word formation and Compounding2 - 3Part II – Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English1.Introduction3 - 42.Historical Background – Viking Invasion on the British Isle4 - 53.Language Family6 - 74.Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts7 - 95.Norse-derived vocabulary10 - 116.Conclusion11Bibliography12Erklärung über die selbstständige Abfassung einer schriftlichen ArbeitPart 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. gumacyriceSg.a.gumancyricanSg.g.gumancyricanSg.d.gumancyricanPl.n.gumancyricanPl.a.gumancyricanPl.g.gumenacyricenaPl.d.gumumcyricumNext I will specify case, number, gender, declensional/conjugational class, weak/strong inflexion of the following forms from the Cædmon text.