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Old English
- the Low German language of the Anglo-Saxons, comprising West Saxon, the major literary dialect, and the Kentish, Northumbrian, and Mercian dialects: it was spoken in England from c. 450 to c. 1100
- black letter
See Old English in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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