Old English

Old English
a) 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. In addition to singular and plural grammatical numbers, there was a dual number for two people. After ca. 884, many Old Norse words made their way into Old English, as Norse settlers in the Danelaw interacted with native Anglo-Saxons.

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  • Old English — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Old English — ► NOUN ▪ the language of the Anglo Saxons (up to about 1150), an inflected language with a Germanic vocabulary …   English terms dictionary

  • Old English — n. 1. the Low German language of the Anglo Saxons, comprising West Saxon, the major literary dialect, and the Kentish, Northumbrian, and Mercian dialects: it was spoken in England from c.A.D. 450 to c.A.D. 1100 2. BLACK LETTER …   English World dictionary

  • Old English — For other uses, see Old English (disambiguation). Old English Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc Spoken in England (except the extreme southwest and northwest), parts of modern Scotland south east of the Forth, and the eastern fringes of modern Wales …   Wikipedia

  • Old English — (ca. 450–ca. 1100)    Old English is the name given to the language spoken by the Anglo Saxons from the time of their conquest of Britain in the fifth century until their own conquest by the Normans in 1066, after which the influence of Norman… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Old English — 1. Also called Anglo Saxon. the English language of A.D. c450 c1150. Abbr.: OE 2. Print. a style of black letter. * * * or Anglo Saxon Language spoken and written in England before AD 1100. It belongs to the Anglo Frisian group of Germanic… …   Universalium

  • Old English — Anglo Saxon An glo Sax on, n. [L. Angli Saxones English Saxons.] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or Old ) Saxon. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The Teutonic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • old english — Текстура (Textura, Old English)     Хронологически первый вид готического письма [средневековый шрифт] (с XIII в.) и первый наборный шрифт Иоганна Гутенберга (ок. 1394–1468), созданный в сер. XV в. Появился во Франции, применялся также в Англии и …   Шрифтовая терминология

  • Old English Sheepdog — A show standard Old English Sheepdog Country of origin England Traits …   Wikipedia

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