Becoming English: Ronwenne’s Wassail, Language, and National Identity in the Middle English Prose Brut

Ronewenne, \>at was Engistes dorter, come wilp a coupe of golde in here honde, and knelede bifore Ipe kyng, and saide to him "Whatsaile!" and \>e kyng wist noujt what it was forto mene, ne what he shulde ansuere, for-asmiche as him self ne none of his Britons 3itte couj^e none En glisshe speke, ne vnderstonde it, but speken po pat same langage pat Britons 3itte done.... and pat was pe ferst tyme J^at "whatsaile" and "drynkehaile" come vp into pis lande; and fram pat tyme into this tyme it Hap bene wel vsede.

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