Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] Old English
( linguistics , historical ) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon ( nonstandard , technically incorrect) Archaic English (Early Modern English ) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: old English .
2008 , Stephen J. Harris, Bryon Lee Grigsby, Misconceptions About the Middle Ages , page 177:
Those who claim that they've been reading Shakespeare in Old English betray their ignorance: they haven't.
http://www.ibequeaththee.com/oldenglish.html
Before long, we will have our own self-created, barely-edited, working dictionary of the Old English Language! If you like Shakespeare (or if you spent much time in Sunday School hearing from a King James Bible) this should be simple enough for you!
http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-old-english/
Though Shakespeare’s texts are four hundred years old, the stories they tell are still as exciting and relevant as they were to Shakespeare’s audience. When you pick up of one of the texts, though, you may groan and complain that they are too hard and need translating from Old English into Modern English.
Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
ancestor language of modern English
Amharic: ጥንታዊ እንግሊዝኛ ( ṭəntawi ʾnglizña )
Arabic: إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة عَتِيقَة f ( ʾinglīziyya ʿatīqa )
Armenian: հին անգլերեն ( hin angleren ) , անգլոսաքսոներեն ( anglosakʿsoneren )
Asturian: inglés antiguu m anglosaxó m
Basque: antzinako ingelesa
Belarusian: стараанглiйская f ( staraanhlíjskaja ) , стараанглiйская мова f ( staraanhlíjskaja móva )
Bulgarian: староанглийски език m ( staroanglijski ezik )
Catalan: anglès antic (ca) m
Valencian: anglés antic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 古英語 古英语 ( gǔyīngyǔ )
Czech: stará angličtina (cs) f
Danish: angelsaksisk oldengelsk
Dutch: Oudengels (nl)
Esperanto: Anglosaksa lingvo
Estonian: vanainglise keel
Faroese: fornenskt n
Finnish: muinaisenglanti
French: anglo-saxon (fr) m
Galician: inglés antigo (gl) m
Georgian: ძველი ინგლისური ( ʒveli inglisuri ) , ძველი ინგლისური ენა ( ʒveli inglisuri ena ) , ანგლოსაქსური ენა ( anglosaksuri ena )
German: Angelsächsisch n angelsächsische Sprache f Altenglisch (de) n altenglische Sprache f
Greek: αρχαία αγγλική γλώσσα ( archaía anglikí glóssa )
Hebrew: אנגלית עתיקה
Hungarian: óangol nyelv
Icelandic: fornenska (is)
Indonesian: bahasa Inggris Kuna
Irish: Sean-Bhéarla m
Italian: anglosassone (it) m inglese antico m
Japanese: 古英語 (ja) ( こえいご, Koeigo )
Khmer: ភាសាអង់គ្លេសបុរាណ ( pʰiesaa ɑngkleih boraan ) , អង់គ្លេសបុរាណ ( ɑngkleih boraan )
Korean: 고영어 ( 古英語, go-yeong-eo ) , 고대영어 ( go-dae-yeong-eo, 古代英語 )
Latin: lingua anglosaxonica f
Limburgish: Aad-Ingelsj (li) n
Lithuanian: senoji anglų kalba
Macedonian: староанглиски јазик m ( staroángliski jázik ) , староанглиски m ( staroángliski )
Malay: bahasa Inggeris Kuno Inggeris Kuno
Maltese: anglo-sassonu m Ingliż arkajk m
Marathi: जुनी इंग्रजी f ( zunī iṃgrazī ) , जुनी इंग्लिश f ( zunī iṃgliśa )
Nahuatl: huēhcāuh Inglatlahtōlli
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gammelengelsk (no) m gammalengelsk m
Nynorsk: gamalengelsk m gammalengelsk m
Occitan: anglosaxon (oc) m
Old English: Englisc sprǣc
Persian: انگلیسی قدیم ( engelisi qadim )
Polish: staroangielski (pl) m
Portuguese: inglês antigo (pt) m anglo-saxão (pt) m anglo-saxónico ( Portugal ) , anglo-saxônico ( Brazil )
Romanian: engleză veche anglosaxonă f
Russian: древнеангли́йский язы́к m ( drevneanglíjskij jazýk ) , древнеангли́йский (ru) m ( drevneanglíjskij )
Scots: Auld Inglis
Slovene: stara angleščina f
Spanish: inglés antiguo (es) m idioma anglosajón m
Swahili: Kiingereza cha Kale
Swedish: fornengelska (sv) c
Tagalog: lumang Ingles
Thai: ภาษาอังกฤษโบราณ ( paasăa anggrit bohraan )
Turkish: Eski İngilizce (tr)
Ukrainian: староанглійська f ( staroanhlíjs’ka ) , староанглійська мова f ( staroanhlíjs’ka móva )
See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ]
