 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutonga kweRoma, unyanzvi hweAnglo-Saxon hwakaunza kubatanidzwa kwetsika dzeGermany, sezvinogona kuonekwa mune simbi yeSutton Hoo. Chivezwa cheAnglo-Saxon chakanga chakatanhamara nokuda kwenguva yacho, zvichida mumabasa maduku eivori kana kuti mapfupa ayo anenge ari ose akapukunyuka. Kunyanya muNorthumbria, chimiro cheInsular chehunyanzvi chakagovaniswa muBritish Isles chakagadzira basa rakanakisa riri kugadzirwa muEurope, kudzamara kurwisa kweViking nekupinda kwakanyanyisa kudzvinyirira kufamba; Bhuku raLindisfarne muenzaniso mumwe wakagadzirwa muNorthumbria. Unyanzvi hweAnglo-Saxon hwakagadzira musiyano wakanyatsogadziriswa pamaitiro epanguva iyoyo eContinental, anoonekwa kunyanya mune simbi uye zvinyorwa zvakavhenekerwa zvakadai seBenedictional yeSt. Æthelwold. Hapana mifananidzo mikuru yeAnglo-Saxon nemifananidzo yatinoziva kuti yakambovapo yakapukunyuka. 