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East Midland   /ist mˈɪdlˌænd/   Listen
East Midland

noun
1.
The dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English.





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... activity when it recommenced was about equally distributed among the three, and for three centuries it was doubtful which of them would finally win the first place. In the outcome success fell to the East Midland dialect, partly through the influence of London, which under the Norman kings replaced Winchester as the capital city and seat of the Court and Parliament, and partly through the influence of the two Universities, ...
— A History of English Literature • Robert Huntington Fletcher


Words linked to "East Midland" :   Middle English


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