Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet? Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet. 3) What do you mean by steer? Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement. 4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face? Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey. 5) What thing did not the poet deny? Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide. 6) Write the name of Sea-bird? Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird. 7) Who wants to live a gypsy life? Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life. 8) Write the name of the sea-animal? Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal. 9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife. 10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling? Ans:- The poet prefers va...
Towards the close of the Old English period an event occurred which had a greater effect on English Language than any other in the course of its history. This event was the Norman Conquest in 1066. This Conquest of England by William of Normandy was sure to have a profound influence upon the English Language and change the whole course of the Language. After the Conquest, English remained the Language of the country but French king became that of the government and quickly became a necessity to many who had no sharing in ruling.
The Influence of French bloomed large on government and administration except King and Queen. Most of the words owe their origin in French as reign, court, sovereign, country, minister, council, authority, govern, parliament, government, state, crown. The adjectives like courteous, noble, fine and refined are all French. People and nation were originally French words. Even the language of the garden of welfare of English is decorated with many French flowers-words like: army, attack, soldier,war, battle, armour, defend, surrender and so on. Rank given to officers as lieutenant, captain, sergeant are derived from the French words.
The legal and religious domains too,got influenced by French words that enter into the English such as - religious, service, sermon, baptism,angel, theology, prayer, saviour etc. In the legal domain excluding Scandinavian law, almost every word is French like Justice, judge, jury, plea, traitor, injury etc. There are certain French words relating to moral ideas,the examples of which are : vice, virtue, charity, duty, consciousness, grace, disciple and Marcy etc.
The French were noted for their greater luxury of cooking, so,the English borrowed many words from French Origin, which indicate important methods of cooking and better standard of food such as sauce, jelly, boil, fry, roast, soup etc. Again the name of animals dishes and cooked for the table, usually for Norman masters such as bacon(flesh of pig), mutton(flesh of sheep), beef (flesh of ox and cow), pork(flesh of swine), veal(flesh of calf) enison(flesh of deer) etc.
Another interesting phenomenon arising from borrowing in different Ages from French what is known as the formulation of double such words is saloon-salon, chief-chef , route-rout, suite-suit. The words like joy, please, peace, delight and comfort are originally French. Words that are derived from French include: cards, partner,dice, track, scent etc. Even these words to relatives with dress and fashion include: garment, costume, fashion, luxury, adorn, etc. Tailor, carpenter, butcher, mason, painter etc are the artists French words for the quest of fashionable upper classes entered into English. Chair and table are also originally French words.
So, it can be said that the English soil has proved to be more fertile by the touch of the French soil from which words were transplanted and given an everlasting success to English as an international language.
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