Meaning Of The Word Old English

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Old English in American English
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
noun: the English language of a.d.c450–c1150

Old English in British English
noun: the English language from the time of the earliest settlements in the fifth century ad to about 1100. The main dialects were West Saxon (the chief literary form), Kentish, and Anglian

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