English Literature - English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now
![English: Folio 137r of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. It contains part of section III, lines 205-228 of the poem; J.R.R. English: Folio 137r of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. It contains part of section III, lines 205-228 of the poem; J.R.R.](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/213eb37a48694db3b75f3cb3ff73da66/mmrf8x.jpg)
English: Folio 137r of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. It contains part of section III, lines 205-228 of the poem; J.R.R.
![English: The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located English: The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MMRF90/english-the-first-folio-of-the-heroic-epic-poem-beowulf-written-primarily-in-the-west-saxon-dialect-of-old-english-part-of-the-cotton-ms-vitellius-a-xv-manuscript-currently-located-within-the-british-library-this-is-a-digital-photographic-copy-of-the-folio-circa-9751025-anonymous-anglo-saxon-poet-beowulf-cotton-ms-vitellius-a-xv-f-132r-MMRF90.jpg)
English: The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located
How did the Mercian dialects come to be the basis for modern English instead of the West Saxon of Wessex? - Quora
![Презентация на тему: "A Brief History of the English Language Old English to Modern English.". Скачать бесплатно и без регистрации. Презентация на тему: "A Brief History of the English Language Old English to Modern English.". Скачать бесплатно и без регистрации.](http://images.myshared.ru/68/1358645/slide_2.jpg)