Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc, pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, [1] was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

Four dialects of the Old English language are known: Northumbrian in northern England and southeastern Scotland; Mercian in central England; Kentish in southeastern England; and West Saxon in southern and southwestern England. Mercian and Northumbrian are often classed together as the Anglian dialects.

Old English / Anglo-Saxon (Ænglisc) Old English was the West Germanic language spoken in the area now known as England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Speakers of Old English called their language Englisc, themselves Angle, Angelcynn or Angelfolc and their home Angelcynn or …

2024年2月28日 · Explore the Old English language of the Anglo-Saxons. Learn about its distinctive alphabet, numbers, vocabulary, and rich history.

2025年1月31日 · Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are now in England and Wales.

What language did the Anglo Saxons speak? The Anglo Saxons were Germanic tribes that settled in England. They spoke a dialect of the West Germanic languages that they brought with them to England. It is known as Old English, an ancestral form of modern English that is spoken today.

The website www.Old-Engli.sh is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon language. It offers study tools, news on current linguistic research and resource development, a link directory, text editions, trivia articles and more.

The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who became one of the most important cultural groups in Britain by the 5th century.

2025年1月7日 · The new Anglo-Saxon nation, once known in antiquity as Albion and then Britannia under the Romans, nevertheless became known as Anglaland or Englaland (the Land of the Angles), later shortened to England, and its emerging language as Englisc (now referred to as Old English or Anglo-Saxon, or sometimes Anglo-Frisian). It is impossible to say ...

2024年3月27日 · Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern Scotland from around the mid-5th century to the mid-12th century. This period, often referred to as the Anglo-Saxon era, marks a crucial phase in the linguistic and cultural history of Britain.