Definitions from Wiktionary (Old English)
▸ noun: (linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
▸ noun: (nonstandard, colloquial, proscribed) Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English.
▸ noun: (typography, historical) The form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers.
▸ noun: (Ireland, history) A historical ethnic group in Ireland descended from Norman invaders from Britain from the 12th century to the 17th century.
Old English Sheepdog,
old english sheepdogs,
old english script,
old english sheep dog,
Old English alphabet,
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▸ noun: (linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
▸ noun: (nonstandard, colloquial, proscribed) Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English.
▸ noun: (typography, historical) The form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers.
▸ noun: (Ireland, history) A historical ethnic group in Ireland descended from Norman invaders from Britain from the 12th century to the 17th century.
Similar:
Anglo-Saxon,
Middle English,
Semi-Saxon,
Proto-Germanic,
Old Saxon,
Modern English,
Early New English,
Anglo-Norman,
New English,
Ur-Germanic,
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norman,
english,
lanky,
anglophilic,
welsh,
lang,
germanic,
anglocentric,
ethnic,
french,
anglophone
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