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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Rostock, language: English, abstract: Structure:Part I - Textual Work on "Bede¿s Account of the Poet Cædmon"1. Provement of the claim: For a precise classification of Old English 1 - 2inflexional forms it does usually not suffice only to look at therespective form.2. Formative relationship between OE lar and læran 23. Word formation and Compounding 2 - 3Part II - Term paper: The Scandinavian Influence on Old English1. Introduction 3 - 42. Historical Background - Viking Invasion on the British Isle 4 - 53. Language Family 6 - 74. Loanwords, loan-blends, loan-shifts 7 - 95. Norse-derived vocabulary 10 - 116. Conclusion 11Bibliography 12Erklärung über die selbstständige Abfassung einer schriftlichen ArbeitPart I - Textual Work on "Bede¿s Account of the Poet Cædmon"1.)It is unprofitable only to look at the respective form, because the -an declension of nouns contains five forms with the ending -an (Sg.a./g./d. - Pl.n./a.)Examples: guma - engl.: man (masc.) cyrice - engl.: church (fem.)Sg.n. guma cyriceSg.a. guman cyricanSg.g. guman cyricanSg.d. guman cyricanPl.n. guman cyricanPl.a. guman cyricanPl.g. gumena cyricenaPl.d. gumum cyricumNext I will specify case, number, gender, declensional/conjugational class, weak/strong inflexion of the following forms from the Cædmon text.