old english from the anglo-saxon time
2007-02-05 11:26:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
At first when I read this I was thinking you were asking about something else... one of the side effects of working with teenagers. If you look up words in an unabridged dictionary (from a library) you can see the dirivation from Old English or one of the Latin derived languages. It works great when writing research papers.
Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon and Englisc) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. It is a West Germanic language and therefore is closely related to Old Frisian and Old Saxon. It also experienced heavy influence from Old Norse, a member of the related North Germanic group of languages.
2007-02-05 11:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question, Yes, I know a great deal about Old English from the Anglo-Saxon period. Hwæt!
2007-02-05 11:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, it's really old... and english.
2007-02-05 11:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋