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Definitions of old english in various dictionaries:
noun - English prior to about 1100
OLD ENGLISH - Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
OLD ENGLISH - Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc, pro noun ced [ˈæŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken ...
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Beowulf's tongue |
Anglo-Saxon |
What "Beowulf" is written in |
"Beowulf" language |
Anglo-Saxon language |
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May 18 2019 The Times - Concise |
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In this language the Lord's Prayer begins, "Faeder ure thu the eart on heofonum" |
In a word derivation the abbreviation "OE" stands for this |
The OED says the word "word" is from OE, this language |
This language that "Beowulf" was written in is more like modern German than the language we speak |
"Battle" was "gefeoht" in this, the language spoken in London until about 1100 |
Old english might refer to |
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Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc, pronounced [ˈæŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers probably in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, as the language of the upper classes by Anglo-Norman, a relative of French. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, as during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English. * Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. As the Anglo-Saxons became dominant in England, their language replaced the languages of Roman Britain: Common Brittonic, a Celtic language, and Latin, brought to Britain by Roman invasion. Old English had four main dialects, associated with particular Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Mercian, Northumbrian, Kentish and West Saxon. It was West Saxon that formed the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period, although the dominant forms of Middle and Modern English would develop mainly from Mercian. The speech of eastern and northern parts of England was subject to strong Old Norse influence due to Scandinavian rule and settlement beginning in the 9th century. * Old English is one of the West Germanic languages, and its closest relatives are Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Like other old Germanic languages, it is very different from Modern English and difficult for Modern English speakers to understand without study. Old English grammar is similar to that of modern German: nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs have many inflectional endings and forms, and word order is much freer. The oldest Old English inscriptions were written using a runic system, but from about the 8th century this was replaced by a version of the Latin alphabet. |