assigment #1, literature 01, Caceres Diego

1- Old English was spoken between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century


2-Norse, Latin, Celtic and Germanic


3-- The insular symbol that is substituted by modern < s > resembles the elongated esh < ʃ >

- Insular < ȝ > is

- modern manuscripts often distinguish between a velar and palatal < c > and < ȝ > diacritic dots above the putative palatals: < ċ >, < ġ >.

- The wynn symbol < ƿ > is usually substituted with < w >.

- Kentish < æ > is usually substituted with modern < ę >

4- There are some similities between old English and modern english for example in the word order and the question formation.

5-there are 34 letters (runes)

6- beowulf was written in old english

7- Was written between 8th century and early 11th century

8- It takes place in what is now Denmark and Sweden

There

9- grendel , grendel’s mother and an unnamed dragon

10- Beowulf is fatally wounded and he died

11- His author is unknown but is considered that was passed by oral tradition by scop (old English poets)

12- Beowulf and grendel (2005) Beowulf (2007)