5 Questions
Which work is considered the most famous in Old English literature?
Beowulf
What is the earliest form of English called?
Old English
What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
French
What is the form of English known to have lasted until the 1470s?
Middle English
Which language was the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language after the Norman conquest?
French
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