Old English Period

What is the time range of Old English Period?

• 600-1100 AD

• 500- 1000 AD

• 600-1200 AD

• 600-1120 AD

Which among the following belong to Germanic tribes? Click all that apply.

• Angles

• Celts

• Saxons

• Jutes

Where was Mercian spoken?

• in Kent and Surrey

• between the Humber and the Thames

• between the Firth or Forth and the Humber River.

• in Kent and Surrey

Suffixes of place names like –by (Rugby, Whitby), -toft (Lowestoft), -thwaite( Gunthwaite) and –thorpe (Mablethorpe, Goldthorpe) signify the influence of

• Romans

• Scandinavians

• Anglo-Saxons

• Normans

Scandinavia was a geographical area of Northern Europe composed by...

• The Kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

• The Kingdoms of France, Denmark and Norway.

• The Kingdoms of Sweden, France and Germany.

Inflections indicated the relationship of words in sentences.

• True

• False

The main dialects in OE period were:

• Northumbrian, East Saxon, South Mercian and West Kentish.

• West Saxon, Mercian, Kentish and Nordic.

• South Mercian, Northumbrian and West Saxon.

• West Saxon, Northumbrian, Mercian and Kentish.

The gender in OE grammar was:

• Masculine

• Neuter

• Dative

• Feminine

Which of the following belong to Indo-European vocabulary?

• Place names like Kent, London

• Military and administrative terms like weall (wall)

• Nouns like anger, bank, boon

• cardinal numbers up to ten

Who contributed days of the week –Tuesday to Friday?

• Anglo- Saxons

• Romans

• Celts

• Scandinavians