The language of the Anglo-Saxons (up to about 1150), an inflected language with a Germanic vocabulary, very different from modern English.
古英语（1150年前盎格鲁撒克逊人使用的英语，是一种屈折变化的语言，日耳曼语词汇，与现代英语差别很大）。亦称 A NGLO- S AXON
Also called Anglo-Saxon
Example sentencesExamples
The word derives from Old English gliv or glo, meaning ‘music’.
Diligently, he traces each letter from the ancient Semitic and Phoenician alphabets through Old English and Norman French, exploring shapes and pronunciation.
In England laws had been written in Old English as early as the seventh century, and Bede had embarked on translating parts of the Bible in the eighth.
From the late 8th century on, the Vikings forced entry, occupied the land, and introduced Old Norse words into Old English.
The solution to this riddle is ‘sacred scriptures’, sacra scriptura, or in Old English halige gewritu.
Definition of Old English in US English:
Old English
nounōld ˈiNG(ɡ)liSHoʊld ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ
The language of the Anglo-Saxons (up to about 1150), a highly inflected language with a largely Germanic vocabulary, very different from modern English.
古英语（1150年前盎格鲁撒克逊人使用的英语，是一种屈折变化的语言，日耳曼语词汇，与现代英语差别很大）。亦称 A NGLO- S AXON
Also called Anglo-Saxon
Example sentencesExamples
The solution to this riddle is ‘sacred scriptures’, sacra scriptura, or in Old English halige gewritu.
The word derives from Old English gliv or glo, meaning ‘music’.
From the late 8th century on, the Vikings forced entry, occupied the land, and introduced Old Norse words into Old English.
Diligently, he traces each letter from the ancient Semitic and Phoenician alphabets through Old English and Norman French, exploring shapes and pronunciation.
In England laws had been written in Old English as early as the seventh century, and Bede had embarked on translating parts of the Bible in the eighth.