Old English

English ang Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Old English.wav Southern England Proper noun Old English en linguistics history The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100. en Anglo-Saxon en Anglian#Proper noun Kentish#Proper noun Mercian#Proper noun Northumbrian#Proper noun West Saxon#Proper noun en Classical English Middle English Modern English New English en nonstandard colloquial proscribed Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English. en 2008 Stephen J. Harris; Bryon Lee Grigsby Misconceptions About the Middle Ages 177 Those who claim that they've been reading Shakespeare in Old English betray their ignorance: they haven't. en typography historical The form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers. en Ireland history A historical ethnic group in Ireland descended from Normans in Ireland Norman invaders from Britain from the 12th century to the 17th century. Translations ancestor language of modern English Albanian: sq Anglishte e vjetër Amharic: am ጥንታዊ እንግሊዝኛ Arabic: ar إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة عَتِيقَة f ʔinglīziyya ʕatīqa Armenian: hy հին անգլերեն, hy անգլոսաքսոներեն Asturian: ast anglosaxó m; ast inglés antiguu m Basque: eu antzinako ingelesa Belarusian: be стараанглі́йская f, be стараанглі́йская мо́ва f Bengali: bn কদীম ইংরেজী kôdīm iṅgrezī Bulgarian: bg староанглийски език m Catalan: ca anglès antic m Valencian: ca anglés antic m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 古英語 gǔyīngyǔ Czech: cs stará angličtina f Danish: da angelsaksisk; da oldengelsk Dutch: nl Angelsaksisch n; nl Oudengels n Esperanto: eo Anglosaksa lingvo Estonian: et vanainglise keel Faroese: fo fornenskt n Finnish: fi muinaisenglanti French: fr anglo-saxon m; fr vieil anglais m Galician: gl inglés antigo m Georgian: ka ძველი ინგლისური, ka ძველი ინგლისური ენა, ka ანგლოსაქსური ენა German: de Angelsächsisch n, de angelsächsische Sprache f; de Altenglisch n, de altenglische Sprache f Greek: el αρχαία αγγλική γλώσσα Hebrew: he אנגלית עתיקה Hindi: hi पूर्व-अंग्रेज़ी f Hungarian: hu óangol (nyelv) Icelandic: is fornenska Indonesian: id bahasa Inggris Kuna Irish: ga Angla-Shacsainis f, ga Sean-Bhéarla m Italian: it anglosassone m; it inglese antico m Japanese: ja 古英語 こえいご, Koeigo Khmer: km ភាសាអង់គ្លេសបុរាណ pʰiesaa ɑngkleih boraan, km អង់គ្លេសបុរាណ ɑngkleih boraan Korean: ko ^고영어(古英語), ko ^고대영어(古代英語) Latin: la lingua anglosaxonica f Limburgish: li Aad-Ingelsj n Lithuanian: lt senoji anglų kalba Macedonian: mk староанглиски јазик m, mk староанглиски m Malay: ms bahasa Inggeris Kuno, ms Inggeris Kuno Maltese: mt anglo-sassonu m, mt Ingliż arkajk m Marathi: mr जुनी इंग्रजी f, mr जुनी इंग्लिश f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb gammelengelsk m, nb gammalengelsk m Nynorsk: nn gamalengelsk m, nn gammalengelsk m Occitan: oc anglosaxon m Old English: ang Englisċ Persian: fa انگلیسی قدیم engelisi qadim Polish: pl język staroangielski m-in Portuguese: pt anglo-saxão m, pt anglo-saxónico Portugal, pt anglo-saxônico Brazil; pt inglês antigo m Romanian: ro anglosaxonă f; ro engleză veche Russian: ru древнеангли́йский язы́к m, ru древнеангли́йский m Scots: sco Auld Inglis Sicilian: scn anglusàssuni Slovene: sl stara angleščina f Spanish: es anglosajón m, es idioma anglosajón m; es inglés antiguo m Swahili: sw Kiingereza cha Kale Swedish: sv fornengelska c Tagalog: tl lumang Ingles Thai: th ภาษาอังกฤษโบราณ paasăa anggrit bohraan Turkish: tr Eski İngilizce Ukrainian: uk староанглі́йська f, uk староанглі́йська мо́ва f Urdu: ur قدیم انگریزی f See also ang en Germanic Further reading 1 ang en 1884 W. V. Yates The Civil Service English Grammar: Being Notes on the History and Grammar of the English Language. For the Use of Civil Service Candidates, the Higher Classes in Public Schools, and Students in Traning Colleges 2nd 4 and 7 [...] Five great periods, distinguished as,— 1. The Anglo-Saxon, from A.D. 449 to A.D. 1066. 2. The Semi-Saxon, from A.D. 1066 to A.D. 1250. 3. The Old English, from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1400. 4. The Middle English, from A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1550. 5. The Modern English, from A.D. 1550 to the present time. XI. Semi-Saxon.—The term Semi-Saxon is applied to the language while it was going through the transition state from the Anglo-Saxon of the time before the Conquest, to the Old English of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries. [...] XII. Transition of Anglo-Saxon into English.—During the Semi-Saxon period the language was gradually converted from Anglo-Saxon into English:– en English en retronyms en Languages