270 Mostly Medieval 5. Conclusion The main aim of this paper was to examine the existing arguments for and against the Anglo-Frisian hypothesis. As it has been shown, opinions whether Anglo-Frisian should be treated as a proto-language or as an intermediate state of the linguistic changes in Old English and Old Frisian vary among scholars. Furthermore, the lack of exhaustive linguistic and historical data makes it impossible to carry out the only and most accurate assessment of the data, and thus leaves some space for various scholarly interpretations. The first part of the article focused on linguistic approaches to the relations between Old English and Old Frisian. Next, a review of the existing research on morphological and phonological Anglo-Frisian innovations was made. This analysis was backed up by the wide range of scholarly interpretations, which showed the complexity of the Anglo-Frisian hypothesis. In the third part, we tried to expound on the Anglo-Frisian common runic innovations and their role in the explanation of the linguistic relations between Old English and Old Frisian. Each point, thus, showing different approaches to the analyzed Anglo-Frisian problem, underscored the difficulty researchers encounter while making an attempt to classify Anglo-Frisian changes. References Århammar, Nils R. (1990) “Friesisch und Sächsisch. Zur Problematik ihrer gegenseitigen Abgrenzung im Früh- und Hochmittelalter.” [In:] Rolf H. Bremmer Jr., Geart van der Meer, Obele Vries (eds.) Aspects of Old Frisian Philology. (Amsterdamer Beiträge zur lteren Germanistik 31–32). Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Atlanta, GA: Brill | Rodopi; 1–25. Bammesberger, Alfred (1990) “Skanomodu, Linguistic Issues.” [In:] Alfred Bammesberger, Alfred Wollmann (eds.) Britain 400–600: Language and History. Heidelberg, Germany: Winter; 457–466. Beck, Heinrich (1981) “A Runological and Iconographical Interpretation of NorthSea Germanic Rune-solidi.” [In:] Michigan Germanic Studies 7; 69–88. Blackburn, Mark (1991) “A Survey of Anglo-Saxon and Frisian Coins with Runic Inscriptions.” [In:] Alfred Bammesberger (ed.) Old English Runes and their Continental Background. (Anglistische Forschungen 217). Heidelberg, Germany: Winter; 137–189. Bremmer, Otto (1900) Etnographie der Germanischen St mme. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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