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Old English

Old English (Englisc or Ænglisc, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest attested form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and…

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Dialects
Kentish · Anglian • Mercian • Northumbrian · West Saxon
Early forms
Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-English · Proto-West Germanic Proto-English · Proto-English
Era
5th century–12th century; mostly developed into Middle English.
Ethnicity
Anglo-Saxons
Glottolog
olde1238
ISO 639-2
ang

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Old English

Nodes256
Edges255
Triples308
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007813
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Old English

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related to history · 49
Old English → Albert Baugh, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Welsh, At, Britain, Brussels Glossary, Celtic, Cleopatra Glossaries, Cornwall, Corpus Glossaries, Cumbria, Cumbric, Danish, Devon, Durham Plant-Name Glossary, England, English, English-speaking, Erfurt
related to Modern · 46
Old English → A-I, Alistair Campbell, Amsterdam, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Angus, As, Bosworth, Bosworth-Toller, Cambridge University Press, Cameron, CD-ROM, Centre, Christian Kay, Clarendon, Clark Hall, Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Costerus New Series, Dictionary, Due, Enlarged
related to Influence of other languages · 31
Old English → Angles, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, Borders, Britain, British Celtic, Brittonicisms, Celtic, Christianity, Cumbria, Devon, Early Modern English, English, Europe, Germanic, However, Irish Christian, It, Latin, Latin-based
related to Dialects · 28
Old English → Alfredian Saxon, Although, Anglian, Despite, Early West Saxon, England, Europe, For, Germanic-speaking, Hogg, Humber River, In, Just, Jutes, Jutland, Kentish, Late West Saxon, Mainland, Mercian, Middle English
related to Literature · 21
Old English → Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bede, Beowulf, Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader, Christian, Church Fathers, Cædmon, Cædmon's Hymn, English, Franks Casket, Germanic, In, James Hulbert, Latin, Nearly, Some, Still, The, There
related to Orthography · 14
Old English → Also, Anglo-Saxon, Caroline, Carolingian, From, Germanic, Insular, Irish Christian, Latin, Macrons, The, The Latin, This, Tironian
related to Modern legacy · 13
Old English → Advocates, Alistair Campbell, English, Examples, However, Like, Modern Paganism, Neo-Old English, Old Peculiar, Ransom Riggs, There, Tolkien, Wikipedia
related to Etymology · 12
Old English → Angles, Britain, By, Concerning, English, Englisċ, Germanic, Jutish, Proto-Germanic, Saxon, The Angles, This
related to Lessons · 12
Old English → AustinThe Electronic Introduction, Jonathan Slocum, Lehmann, Linguistics Research Center, May, Old English Made Easy, Old English Online, September, Texas, University, Wayback Machine, Winfred
related to Charter of Cnut · 11
Old English → AD, Cnut, English, Even, For, Modern English, Tall, The, This, Thorkell, Unlike

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english old modern anglo-saxon language century latin saxon early west dialects middle england forms used period languages germanic word also

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Old EnglishDialectsKentish1.00infobox
Old EnglishDialectsAnglian • Mercian • Northumbrian1.00infobox
Old EnglishDialectsWest Saxon1.00infobox
Old EnglishEarly formsProto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-English1.00infobox
Old EnglishEarly formsProto-West Germanic Proto-English1.00infobox
Old EnglishEarly formsProto-English1.00infobox
Old EnglishEra5th century–12th century; mostly developed into Middle English.1.00infobox
Old EnglishEthnicityAnglo-Saxons1.00infobox
Old EnglishGlottologolde12381.00infobox
Old EnglishISO 639-2ang1.00infobox
Old EnglishISO 639-3ang1.00infobox
Old EnglishISO 639-6ango1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyGermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyAnglo-FrisianAnglicOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyAnglicOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishLanguage familyOld English1.00infobox
Old EnglishPronunciation[ˈeŋɡliʃ]1.00infobox
Old EnglishRegionEngland (except Cornwall and the extreme north-west), southern and eastern Scotland, and some localities in the eastern fringes of modern Wales1.00infobox
Old EnglishWriting systemRunic, later Latin (Old English Latin alphabet)1.00infobox
Old Englishis aWest Germanic language0.90text

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