Old English
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Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon, Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily the literary register of Anglo-Saxon. It is a West Germanic language and is closely related to Old Frisian. It also experienced heavy influence from Old Norse, a member of the related North Germanic group of languages.
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See also
- Exeter Book
- Go (verb)
- History of the Scots language
- I-mutation
- Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law Anglo-Frisian nasal spirant law
- List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
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