Old English Dialects and Historical Context Quiz

Which language is referred to as Erse in the text?

What language became the prestige language of administration, education, and social life during the Roman colonization of England?

Which Germanic tribe settled in the north of England by the year 547, establishing a kingdom known as Anglians?

Where was Northumbria located geographically in England, as mentioned in the text?

Who was a Northumbrian historian known for completing the Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and Peoples in 731?

What are the boundaries of English regional dialects determined by?

How is Old English defined historically?

Which geographical area is considered the origin of Old English?

What is one factor used to define Old English typologically?

Which group of people are considered to be the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles with recoverable language remnants?

What were some skills brought by the Celtic speakers when they arrived in the British Isles?

Which river in England can trace its name back to a Celtic word for river?

In which century did Germanic-speaking tribes and raiders begin to settle portions of the British Isles?

What became a distinctive language as settlements developed in England and Old English emerged?

Who was known as the first center of English speaking, writing, learning, literature, and culture in England?

What defines Old English genetically?

What is the significance of natural and human-made structures in defining English regional dialect boundaries?

Which group of people are considered the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles with no linguistic, literary, or verbal remnants?

What do the Stonehenge and other stone-circle monuments constructed by Paleolithic peoples represent?

How is Old English defined geographically?