r.

It was _certainly_ from the Anglo-Saxon, and _probably_ from a part of the
Frisian area that Great Britain was first invaded.

This is as much as it is safe to say at present. The preceding chapter
investigated the _date_ of the Germanic migration into Britain; the present
has determined the _area_ from which it went forth.

* * * * *

CHAPTER III.

OF THE DIALECTS OF THE SAXON AREA, AND OF THE SO-CALLED OLD SAXON.

s. 21. The area occupied by the Saxons of Germany has been investigated;
and it now remains to ask, how far the language of the occupants was
absolutely identical throughout, or how far it fell into dialects or
sub-dialects.

There were at least _two_ divisions of the Saxon; (1st) the Saxon of which
the extant specimens are of English origin, and (2nd), the Saxon of which
the extant specimens are of Continental origin. We will call these at
present the Saxon of England, and the Saxon of the Continent.

s. 22. Respecting the Saxon of England and the Saxon of the Continent,
there is good reason for believing that the _first_ was spoken in the
_northern_, the _second_ in the _southern_ portion of the Saxon area, i.e.,
the one in Hanover and the other in Westphalia, the probable boundaries
between them being the line of highlands between Osnaburg and Paderborn.

s. 23. Respecting the Saxon of England and the Saxon of the Continent,
there is good reason for believing that, whilst the _former_ was the
mother-tongue of the Angles and the conquerors of England, the _latter_ was
that of the Cherusci of Arminius, the conquerors and the annihilators of
the legions of Varus.[19]

s. 24. Respecting the Saxon of England and the Saxon of the Continent, it
is a fact that, whilst we have a full literature in the former, we have but
fragmentary specimens of the latter--these being chiefly the following: (1)
the Heliand,[20] (2) Hildubrand and Hathubrant,[21] (3) the Carolinian
Psalms.[22]

s. 25. The preceding points have been predicated respecting the difference
between the two ascertained Saxon dialects, for the sake of preparing the
reader for the names by which they are known.

THE SAXON OF THE CONTINENT THE SAXON OF ENGLAND
MAY BE CALLED MAY BE CALLED

1. Continental Saxon. Insular Saxon.
2. German Saxon. English Saxon.
3. Westphalian Saxon. Hanoverian Saxon.
4. South Saxon.