Old English

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.2 Synonyms 1.3 Related terms 1.4 See also

English

Proper noun

Old English

1. The ancestor language of modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD. The language is a more inflected language, maintaining strong and weak verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It has a clearly marked subjunctive mood, and has 5 cases of nouns and adjectives.

Synonyms

• Anglo-Saxon

Related terms

• English
• Middle English
• Modern English

See also

• Germanic