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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The English language from the middle of the 5th to the beginning of the 12th century.
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- proper noun linguistics, history The ancestor language of Modern English, also called
Anglo-Saxon , spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100. - proper noun nonstandard
Archaic English orMiddle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this:old English .
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- noun English prior to about 1100
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The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919
reesetee commented on the word Old English
Very nice article/book review by Ammon Shea here.
March 7, 2010