It produces edible fruit, and its oval leaves may be purple, bronze, red or silver. The flowering plum tree (Prunus Ã blireana), USDA zones 6 through 8, is one of the most striking trees available for landscaping. A fruitless variety used for ornament or screening, it not only produces purple ovate leaves but showy pink flowers in spring or winter. Both trees take full sun to partial shade and moist soil in a variety of pH levels and types.
2. Dialects of Old English. Early Old English was not so much a language as a group of related dialects brought to southern Britain by Germanic invaders from the continental homelands during the fifth and sixth centuries AD.
The modern Nordic languages of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic descended from Old Norse. Old Norse has a rich literary history, and the most extensive body of literature of any Germanic language. Runes were written in Old Norse, as were the Icelandic Sagas.The Icelandic language of today is not very diifferent from Old Norse, making Old Norse more accessable to language learners.Anyone interested in the roots of Germanic languages such as English, German, Dutch and Swedish should take an interest in Old Norse. This is THE book for English speakers who want to learn Old Norse, but be warned, it is very difficult to read. 2  You must be extremely patient and use other books like English grammar books to help you know what a participle is, what the passive voice is, etcetera.