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Old English

DEFINITIONS OF: Old English

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n English prior to about 1100

Synonyms:
Anglo-Saxon
Types:
West Saxon
a literary dialect of Old English
Anglian
one of the major dialects of Old English
Jutish, Kentish
one of the major dialects of Old English
Type of:
English, English language
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
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