We can see this in modern German terminology as well. As well, the basic elements of the vocabulary were still English. In the new age of the written word, vernacular literature and law, borrowed much from Latin. A big reason for this borrowing is the inability to actually translate from Latin to English because there simply were some words that could not be translated thus they were assimilated into the English and often reassembled to advantage or used as they were. Also, Latin is still seen as the language of true scholarship and thus retains some status in higher literary endeavors Aureate diction Product of the stylistic introduction of Latinate terms and words into the poetry of the time, i.e., a literary mannerism.
Language becomes a novelty for the creative.
Thus the language changed variously from county to county. East Midland occupied a central area between extreme divergences of North and South. By the 14th Century, monasteries were playing less of a role in language and learning. Learning is becoming secular. The threat of invasion behind them, the English can grow and communicate beyond the doors of fortress.