Old English - The Scandinavian Influence on Old English - Textual Work on Bede's Account of the poet Cædmon

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 lar 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.

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• Authors: Kevin Theinl
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2011
• EAN: 9783656017141
• ISBN: 978-3-656-01714-1
• No. of pages: 20
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
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• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V179374; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V179374
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies