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21.11.2022 01:29 •  Английский язык

50 early england was a much-conquered country. the romans and saxons were two of the conquerors who left their (23) on the development of the english language. originally, all the days of the week had roman names (24) the planets. the romans (25) that the first hour of each day was ruled by a different planet, and the days of the week were named accordingly. after the saxon invasions certain days were renamed for teutonic gods. the name (26) of the days of the week are listed below: sunday is an english translation of the latin "sun's day," the old teutonic people's (27) day of the sun. monday is from the anglo-saxon "monan-daeg," (28) moon's day. tuesday is named in (29) of the teutonic god tiw, the son of woden. wednesday is named after the supreme teutonic god woden. thursday is named for woden's son, thor, god of thunder and lightning. friday is from the anglo-saxon "frigg-daeg," named to honor frigg, the wife of woden and the goddess of marriage and love. saturday is from the anglo-saxon "saeter-daeg", and named for the roman god of saturn, (30) a day of bad omen. the quakers and more modern israelis have a more exact, less pagan-(31) system for naming the days. they (32) call them first day, second day, third day, etc. the quakers are very practical, if not very romantic. 23 a brand в mark c note d feature 24 a representing в expressing c showing d acting 25 a understood в believed c learned d heard 26 a foundations в origins c reasons d births 27 a favorite в preferred c sacred d chosen 28 a formulating в intending c planning d meaning 29 a fame в honor c respect d praise 30 a considered в imagined c accepted d dreamt 31 a powered в modified c impressed d influenced 32 a absolutely в really c simply d totally