Old English

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West Germanic language historical language stage of the English language

Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Old English canonical 77
Old English period 3
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
stage of the English language ⓘ
alternativeName Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
developedInto Middle English ⓘ
Early Modern English ⓘ
surface form: Modern English
earlyScript Anglo-Saxon runes ⓘ
followedBy Middle English ⓘ
hasAuthor Cynewulf ⓘ
King Alfred the Great ⓘ
Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
hasCaseSystem accusative ⓘ
dative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasDialect Kentish ⓘ
Mercian ⓘ
Northumbrian ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
surface form: West Saxon
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasLiteraryWork Beowulf ⓘ
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
The Seafarer ⓘ
The Wanderer ⓘ
hasNumber dual (in pronouns) ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic languages ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
isAncestorOf Fingallian ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
surface form: Scots language

Yola language ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 ang ⓘ
laterScript Insular script ⓘ
partOfLanguageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages ⓘ
precededBy Ingvaeonic dialects ⓘ
region England ⓘ
southern Scotland ⓘ
timePeriodEnd 12th century ⓘ
timePeriodStart 5th century ⓘ
usedFor historical chronicles ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwin → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Harold → languageOfOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Runic alphabet → mainVariant → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon Futhorc
West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Old English ⓘ
Alfred → etymologicalLanguage → Old English ⓘ
Proto-Germanic → ancestorOf → Old English ⓘ
Edgar Ætheling → languageSpoken → Old English ⓘ
Shirley → hasOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Northumbrian → contrastedWith → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Saxon
Beowulf → language → Old English ⓘ
Yola language → hasAncestralLanguage → Old English ⓘ
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle → language → Old English ⓘ
The Dream of the Rood → language → Old English ⓘ
King Alfred the Great → language → Old English ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred the Great
Old Frisian → closelyRelatedTo → Old English ⓘ
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → appliesTo → Old English ⓘ
Middle Frisian → sharesFeatureWith → Old English ⓘ
Proto-West Germanic → ancestorOf → Old English ⓘ
The Wanderer → literaryPeriod → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old English period
Proto-Indo-European → hasDescendant → Old English ⓘ
Church → hasLinguisticOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Howe → hasOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Northumbria → language → Old English ⓘ
Édouard → hasOriginLanguage → Old English ⓘ
Wilfred → derivedFrom → Old English ⓘ
Cooper → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Baldwin → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Chapman → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Danish conquest of England → languageOfPrimarySources → Old English ⓘ
Frisian (partially) → hasNotableSimilarityTo → Old English ⓘ
subject surface form: Frisian languages
Clarke → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Farley → hasEtymologicalRoot → Old English ⓘ
Middle Saxons → language → Old English ⓘ
Botwulf → languageOfName → Old English ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon England → language → Old English ⓘ
Suthen → languageSpoken → Old English ⓘ
High German consonant shift → hasNoReflexesIn → Old English ⓘ
Cristina, Anglo-Saxon nun → language → Old English ⓘ
subject surface form: Cristina
Willard → hasOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Hantescire → historicalLanguageStage → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Saxon Old English
Anglo-Irish → relatedConcept → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old English (Ireland)
Grendel → languageOfWork → Old English ⓘ
Yola → hasAncestor → Old English ⓘ
Christ II → literaryPeriod → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old English period
The Fates of the Apostles → literaryPeriod → Old English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old English period
Geatland → languageOfPrimarySource → Old English ⓘ
Mam Tor → hasNameOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Pike → hasOrigin → Old English ⓘ
Osburh → languageSpoken → Old English ⓘ
Indo-European morphology → appliesTo → Old English ⓘ