Old English en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
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(colloquial, nonstandard, proscribed) Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English.
Those who claim that they've been reading Shakespeare in Old English betray their ignorance: they haven't.
2008, Stephen J. Harris, Bryon Lee Grigsby, Misconceptions About the Middle Ages, page 177:
- (historical) The form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers.
- (Ireland) A historical ethnic group in Ireland descended from Norman invaders from Britain from the 12th century to the 17th century.
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Relateds
Wiktionary’s coverage of Old English terms · Germanic
Synonyms
Translations (90)
es anglosajón (ancestor language of modern English) · oc anglosaxon (ancestor language of modern English) · ast anglosaxó (ancestor language of modern English) · ga Angla-Shacsainis (ancestor language of modern English) · sco Auld Inglis (ancestor language of modern English) · nl Angelsaksisch (ancestor language of modern English) · nb gammelengelsk (ancestor language of modern English) · mk староанглиски јазик (ancestor language of modern English) · ca anglés antic (ancestor language of modern English) · it anglosassone (ancestor language of modern English) · sl stara angleščina (ancestor language of modern English) · ang Englisċ (ancestor language of modern English) · th ภาษาอังกฤษโบราณ (ancestor language of modern English) · hu óangol (nyelv) (ancestor language of modern English) · it inglese antico (ancestor language of modern English) · sq Anglishte e vjetër (ancestor language of modern English) · et vanainglise keel (ancestor language of modern English) · mt Ingliż arkajk (ancestor language of modern English) · is fornenska (ancestor language of modern English) · ast inglés antiguu (ancestor language of modern English) · ru древнеангли́йский язы́к (ancestor language of modern English) · ro anglosaxonă (ancestor language of modern English) · ca anglès antic (ancestor language of modern English) · nn gamalengelsk (ancestor language of modern English) · el αρχαία αγγλική γλώσσα (ancestor language of modern English) · ko 고대영어 (ancestor language of modern English) · sw Kiingereza cha Kale (ancestor language of modern English) · hi पूर्व-अंग्रेज़ी (ancestor language of modern English) · sv fornengelska (ancestor language of modern English) · lt senoji anglų kalba (ancestor language of modern English) · ms bahasa Inggeris Kuno (ancestor language of modern English) · pt anglo-saxão (ancestor language of modern English) · bn কদীম ইংরেজী (ancestor language of modern English) · da angelsaksisk (ancestor language of modern English) · de angelsächsische Sprache (ancestor language of modern English) · pt anglo-saxónico (ancestor language of modern English) · da oldengelsk (ancestor language of modern English) · id bahasa Inggris Kuna (ancestor language of modern English) · cs stará angličtina (ancestor language of modern English) · cmn 古英語 /古英语 (ancestor language of modern English) · mr जुनी इंग्लिश (ancestor language of modern English) · ar إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة عَتِيقَة (ancestor language of modern English) · la lingua anglosaxonica (ancestor language of modern English) · ur قدیم انگریزی (ancestor language of modern English) · nn gammalengelsk (ancestor language of modern English) · fr vieil anglais (ancestor language of modern English) · de Altenglisch (ancestor language of modern English) · eo Anglosaksa lingvo (ancestor language of modern English) · uk староанглі́йська мо́ва (ancestor language of modern English) · uk староанглі́йська (ancestor language of modern English) · ru древнеангли́йский (ancestor language of modern English) · ka ძველი ინგლისური (ancestor language of modern English) · be стараанглі́йская мо́ва (ancestor language of modern English) · am ጥንታዊ እንግሊዝኛ (ancestor language of modern English) · scn anglusàssuni (ancestor language of modern English) · nb gammalengelsk (ancestor language of modern English) · ka ანგლოსაქსური ენა (ancestor language of modern English) · li Aad-Ingelsj (ancestor language of modern English) · fi muinaisenglanti (ancestor language of modern English) · tr Eski İngilizce (ancestor language of modern English) · ga Sean-Bhéarla (ancestor language of modern English) · bg староанглийски език (ancestor language of modern English) · ms Inggeris Kuno (ancestor language of modern English) · es inglés antiguo (ancestor language of modern English) · es idioma anglosajón (ancestor language of modern English) · pt inglês antigo (ancestor language of modern English) · hy հին անգլերեն (ancestor language of modern English) · de altenglische Sprache (ancestor language of modern English) · fr anglo-saxon (ancestor language of modern English) · ko 고영어 (ancestor language of modern English) · fo fornenskt (ancestor language of modern English) · gl inglés antigo (ancestor language of modern English) · ja 古英語 (ancestor language of modern English) · he אנגלית עתיקה (ancestor language of modern English) · nl Oudengels (ancestor language of modern English) · de Angelsächsisch (ancestor language of modern English) · km អង់គ្លេសបុរាណ (ancestor language of modern English) · be стараанглі́йская (ancestor language of modern English) · ka ძველი ინგლისური ენა (ancestor language of modern English) · eu antzinako ingelesa (ancestor language of modern English) · ro engleză veche (ancestor language of modern English) · fa انگلیسی قدیم (ancestor language of modern English) · tl lumang Ingles (ancestor language of modern English) · mk староанглиски (ancestor language of modern English) · mt anglo-sassonu (ancestor language of modern English) · mr जुनी इंग्रजी (ancestor language of modern English) · pt anglo-saxônico (ancestor language of modern English) · km ភាសាអង់គ្លេសបុរាណ (ancestor language of modern English) · pl język staroangielski (ancestor language of modern English) · hy անգլոսաքսոներեն (ancestor language of modern English)