Who were the main claimants to the throne in 1066 after Edward the Confessor's death?
Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, and William
What is the difference between Imperative Mood in Old English and in Modern English?
OE - 2 imperative forms, Modern English - 1 imperative form
What was the main difference between the declension types of nouns and adjectives in Old English?
Nouns - constant declension type, adjectives - changeable category
Latin borrowings of the Zero period appeared in the English language due to ...
contacts of Romans and Germanic tribes on the continent
Which record of the Middle English period contained explanation of the Gospel?
The Ormulum
What was characteristic of all parts of speech in general in the Middle English period?
leveling of inflectional endings
What happened to many English native affixes in Middle English?
they either lost their vitality or were substituted by foreign affixes
Who is the author of "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People"?
Bede the Venerable
What are the three main Germanic tribes who invaded Britain in V century AD?
Jutes, Angles, Saxons
When was the Grimm's law formulated?
1822
The only ending of adjectives left by the end of the Middle English period was ...
-e
Celtic Borrowings referred mostly to ...
Place names