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Old English was the language used by Anglo-Saxtons from around 450 to 1150 that used many German words, was formal and was very different from modern English.

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The language that the book Beowulf is written in is an example of Old English.

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See Old English in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

noun

The English language from the middle of the 5th to the beginning of the 12th century. Also called Anglo-Saxon.
Printing See black letter.

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