About Old English and Anglo Saxon?

Question

I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question... but are Old English and Anglo Saxon the same thing? Or were they two different languages?
Also does anyone know a good website to learn some introductory O.E.?
Thanks. ^_^

Answer 1

http://www.chass.toronto.edu/~cpercy/courses/367book.htm

http://www.undergradcat.unh.edu/0203/webspecial.html

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ian/367ycd97.htm

Answer 2

Yeah, they're the same; another name for Old English (Englisc) is Anglo Saxon. There are many varieties/dialects of it, though (regardless of which name you choose :-).

Omniglot has a good page on some of the basics -- alphabet, phonetics, etc. -- plus links to other pages which may have more extensive learning help:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldenglish.htm

Incidentally, OE is *quite* different from Present-Day English; it's interesting to look at Middle English (the language of Chaucer) to see the major in-between step. ME is very cool in its own right too, and *way* easier to learn.

Answer 3

Old English is the language of the Anglo-Saxon people. I know Norton Anthology of English Literature will help immensely.

Answer 4

Yes, linguistically they are the same, when you talk about Anglo saxon it is also referred as the people or tribe who came to Britain in her early years.
Old English or Anglosaxon it is the first form of English known.
Haven´t you read Beowulf?

Answer 5

You need to to go a Library and research...The Saxons came from Germany...The english were called Angles thus translating into English....Good Luck with the research

Answer 6

old English is a form of writing like calligraphy and Anglo Saxon are white people of European descent.

Answer 7

angalo saxons are people.
old english is a language

Answer 8

sorry, no idea...
i am also intrested in learning, will follow up on this question to find if someone gives some good input