The Sources of Standard English

adjective akin Ancren Riwle Anglian becomes Bible Chaucer clipped comes compiled compound corruption Crist Danelagh Danish dropped Dutch Early English Text East Anglia EAST MIDLAND EAST MIDLAND DIALECT employed ending England English Text Society French words German gode Handlyng Synne Harrowing of Hell Havelok hevene himm Homilies hundred Icelandic idiom King later Latin Layamon letter Lincolnshire Lord modern Morris noht Norse words North Northern obsolete Old English Old English word old words Ormulum Orrmin Past Participle patt Peterborough Chronicle phrase Plural poem prefix preposition Psalter replaces the old rimes Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester Sanscrit Scandinavian words Scotch seen sense shires sometimes sone sound South Southern specimen speech Standard English substantive Teutonic words thou tongue translated turned Tyndale verb vowels wass wipp write written Yorkshire þat