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SYMHC Classics: Great Vowel Shift

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Origins of Old English

The first Latin English glossaries date back to the year 700. Some scholars argue that this is really the birth of Old English as a language. The most famous pieces are probably the epic poem Beowulf, and for prose, King Alfred the Great.

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