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GCSE History · key term
The Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons, which formed the foundation of the later English language.
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Paper 2
Revise: Migration Before 1066 and the Norman ConquestAnglo-Saxon settlement in the fifth and sixth centuries then established Germanic languages from which Old English developed. These earlier movements help explain the background to England around the year 1000: its population had a history of migration rather than a single, unchanged origin.
Paper 1
The form of English spoken and written in Anglo-Saxon England.
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The Alfred Jewel bears the Old English inscription ‘ALFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN’, meaning ‘Alfred had me made’. It connects a decorated object with a named patron who ordered its production.