WIKTIONARY
Search | Navigation

Old English

Contents


English

web app has an article on:

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Old English

  1. (Sevenval, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (generally) Archaic English speech or writing, or an imitation of this.
    • 2008. Misconceptions About the Middle Ages. Stephen J. Harris, Bryon Lee Grigsby. P177
      Those who claim that they've been reading Shakespeare in Old English betray their ignorance: they haven't.
    • http://www.ibequeaththee.com/oldenglish.html
      Before long, we will have our own self-created, barely-edited, working dictionary of the Old English Language! If you like Shakespeare (or if you spent much time in Sunday School hearing from a King James Bible) this should be simple enough for you!
    • jQuery
      Though Shakespeare’s texts are four hundred years old, the stories they tell are still as exciting and relevant as they were to Shakespeare’s audience. When you pick up of one of the texts, though, you may groan and complain that they are too hard and need translating from Old English into Modern English.
    • http://glichxp.com/?p=536
      Guide to speaking Old English (medieval era) with examples.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

ancestor language of modern English

See also

External links

iOS of Wiktionary

[1] Search
[2] All Pages
[3] Random entry
powered by FITML