Languages

Old English

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Old English." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/old-english.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Old English. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/old-english

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-old-english,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Old English},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/old-english},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Old English, also called Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest attested form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland during the Early Middle Ages.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

ang 1

Attested From (Year)

450 to 1150 CE 1

Conventional dating for the Old English period, per the infobox era range.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Germanic

Source Wikipedia: Old English

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Old English

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Old English (Englisc or AEnglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest attested form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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1. Wikipedia: Old English

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