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Glossary

1. Middle English- The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD. It developed from Anglo-Saxon, also called Old English, with heavy influence from French and Latin after the Norman invasion.

2. Underwent past form of undergo- to go or move under or beneath.

3. Scholar- a specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

4. Late Middle Ages- the period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

5. Old English- (linguistics) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 AD to 1100.

(nonstandard) Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English.

6. Chancery Standard- a London-based form of English that became widespread after the Middle English period, aided by the introduction of the printing press.

7. Modern English- the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.

8. Early Modern English- The form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.

9. Northumbrian- The dialect spoken by Northumbrians, (historical) The variety of English spoken in Northumbria before the Conquest.

10. Conventional- Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

11. Old Norse- The language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic.

12. Great Vowel Shift- (phonology) A major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700.

13. Synthetic- of, or relating to synthesis, (chemistry) produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).

14. Erosion- (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.

15. Anglo-Saxon- The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.

16. Peterborough- city and unitary authority in Cambridgeshire, England, a city in Central Ontario, Canada, a town in New Hampshire, a town in South Australia, atown in Victoria, Australia.

17. Diphthong- (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.