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1. Scots Language

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   Old Scots Period (c. 1100–1500)
   The Old Scots period coincides roughly with the period of relative separation between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. Early textual evidence often shows high degrees of orthographic instability. A key feature distinguishing this phase from contemporary Northumbrian Old English is the consistent retention of the initial sound cluster /kn-/ (e.g., knaw for modern know), which was lost in most [English](/…