Old English language

Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) 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 similar to Old Frisian and Old Saxon. It is also quite similar to Old Norse (and by extension, to modern Icelandic).

See also

• Anglo-Frisian nasal spirant law
• Anglo-Saxon literature
• Beowulf
• Declension in English
• Exeter Book
• Go (verb)
• History of the English language
• History of the Scots language
• I-mutation
• List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents