In this study, the language and linguistics of the extract will be analysed using a set range of criteria; orthography, lexis, morphology, syntax, and grammar. All of these methods will be employed to assess what time period the piece is from and what linguistic methods were and were not being employed at this time. It can also tell us what methods of language were viewed as non-standard and as standard at that time in comparison to previously and to now.

The extract is set out on the page in continuous prose. The punctuation and capitalization of this piece have been modernized so no comment can be made regarding those factors. The piece uses the letterform æ or ash regularly in words such as sæ (line 1) meaning sea. This is because æ was used to show the ME equivalent of the modern letter a or e. This letterform was used throughout Old and Middle English. The extract also uses the letterform ð or eth. Ð is the capital letterform of

Some topics in this essay:
Middle English, King Stephen, Latin French, Dictionary OED, Uuenden OED, Underfangen OED, Peterborough Chronicle’, , middle english, modern equivalent, line 1, sentence structure, words borrowed, 18th century, modern english, king stephen, words extract, oe words, pre 18th century, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, emphasising words borrowed, 18th century practice, words borrowed language, borrowed language period,