<P> Although Anglo - Norman and Anglo - French were eventually eclipsed by modern English, they had been used widely enough to influence English vocabulary permanently . Thus, many original Germanic words, cognates of which can still be found in Nordic, German, and Dutch, have been lost or, as more often occurs, exist alongside synonyms of Anglo - Norman French origin . Grammatically, Anglo - Norman had little lasting impact on English although it is still evident in official and legal terms where the ordinary sequence of noun and adjective is reversed, for example attorney general: the spelling is English but the word order (noun then adjective) is French . Other such examples are heir apparent, court martial, and body politic . </P> <P> The Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom still features in French the mottos of both the British Monarch, Dieu et mon droit ("God and my right") and the Order of the Garter, Honi soit qui mal y pense ("Shamed be he who thinks evil of it"). </P> <P> Dieu et mon droit was first used by Richard I in 1198 and adopted as the royal motto of England in the time of Henry VI . The motto appears below the shield of the Royal Coat of Arms . </P> <P> The literature of the Anglo - Norman period forms the reference point for subsequent literature in the Norman language, especially in the 19th century Norman literary revival and even into the 20th century in the case of André Dupont's Épopée cotentine . The languages and literatures of the Channel Islands are sometimes referred to as Anglo - Norman, but that usage, derived from the French îles anglo - normandes, is wrong: the Channel Islanders spoke and still speak a variety of Norman, not Anglo - Norman . </P>

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