Anglo-Norman language
Layamon's Middle English at times includes modern Anglo-Norman language: the scholar Roger Loomis counted 150 words derived from Anglo-Norman in its 16,000 long-lines. It is remarkable for its abundant Anglo-Saxon vocabulary; deliberately archaic Saxon forms that were quaint even by Anglo-Saxon standards. Imitations in the "Brut" of certain stylistic and prosodic features of Old English alliterative verse show a knowledge and interest in preserving its conventions.