ENG385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Peterborough Chronicle, Fisc
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Scandinavian conquest: loans from old norse: leg, neck, skin: common words to do with body parts, administrative words like law, earl; also husband, sister. Norman french cognate loans: william, warranty, reward, warden: norman french had /k/ in places where standard french had /ch, french chateau, chattel, chariot; norman castle, cattle, car. In some cases, these sound differences do not indicate which came later than the other; some words borrowed from central french around the same time: certain borrowings: take on a first-syllable emphasis if in english long enough. The peterborough chronicle: a catalogue of the transition from oe to me.
