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Gōdne ǣfen: Good evening
Gōde nihte: Good night
Welcumen: Welcome -
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Danish begins to influence English.
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More words enter the language, including such common words as sister, wish, skin, and die.
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It was written in England sometime between the 8th and the early 11th century.
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The invasion of England.
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"To play devil's advocate"
"By hook or by crook"
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Parliament is opened with its first speech delivered in English.
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These stories are written in Middle English between 1387 and 1400
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King Henry IV becomes the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English.
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This invention standardized the English language.
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Christopher Columbus set foot in 1492 and claimed the land for Spain.
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Anon: Soon
Aye: Always
Forsooth: In truth -
The first version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England is published.
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One of the first works on logic and rhetoric in English.
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The first permanent English settlement in America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
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The First Folio is the first published collection of Shakespeare's plays, produced seven years after his death.
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The revolutionary war and the independence of America from Britain.
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'The best of both worlds'
'Speak of the devil'
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
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