Old Engli.sh
The Portal to the Language of the Anglo-Saxons
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The website www.Old-Engli.sh is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon language. It offers study tools, news on current linguistic research and resource development, a link directory, text editions, trivia articles and more.
About the Anglo-Saxon Language
Old English (OE) is the term used collectively for the earliest dialects of the English language, spoken by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in England from c. 400-1150. The first OE records date from c. 700 and all in all more than 1,000,000 word tokens in over 400 manuscripts have come down to us. OE prose boasts a wide variety of genres, ranging from legal and religious texts over historical, medical or scientific writing to fiction. The surviving OE poems, such as Beowulf or the Battle of Maldon, are among the finest examples of early Germanic legend and heroic poetry.
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| hu sliþen bið sorg to geferan þam þe him lyt hafað leofra geholena |
| 'how cruel is sorrow as a companion to the one who has few beloved friends' |
(The Wanderer, lines 29-31, from a late 10th century manuscript) |
The latest Old-Engli.sh News |
June 2018 | |
 A depiction of Hell from an Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Cotton Claudius B.IV | |
The Dictionary of Old English presents its report for 2017 - an exceptionally eventful year as the team welcomes their new Chief Editor, completes the letter I, and maximizes efforts with outreach and dissemination. | |
April 2016 | |
 Dictionary of Old English to publish letter H | |
2015 was a remarkable year for the Dictionary of Old English (DOE). The annual progress report for 2015 projects completion of the letter H, presents system upgrades, and announces important staff changes. | |
Old English Trivia of the Day |
Article for Tuesday 21 May 2019 | |
 Beowulf fights Grendel's mother Artist's conception from a Gareth Hinds comic | |
The Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, one of the most treasured gems of English literature, has been preserved in only one single manuscript. | |
Study Anglo-Saxon! |
Old English Language | |
 An Old English dictionary that's easy to use and accurate | |
Old-Engli.sh offers its own dictionary page. This online Old to Modern English glossary is simple, comprehensive and ideally suited for the translation of original Old English texts. | |
Old English Documentaries |
Produced in 2003 | |
 DVD cover of the 2007 DVD release | |
A BBC4 documentary about one of the British Library's most valuable gems: the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. This 60 minute program explores the epic poem, its preservation and re-discovery by Tolkien. | |
Today's Featured Link |
Old English Dictionaries | |
Dictionary of Old English (DOE) The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600-1150 A.D.) of the English language, using twenty-first century technology. It has published letters A-G and offers various paid and free services, such as the "word of the week" or the "variant phrase search". http://tir.doe.utoronto.ca/index.html (homepage) http://tir.doe.utoronto.ca/pages/wofw.html (word of the week) http://tir.doe.utoronto.ca/pages/pub/web-corpus.html (webcorpus, paid) http://tir.doe.utoronto.ca/pages/tools/varphrase.html (variant phrase searches) |  |
Find here a collection of free,
downloadable Old English text editions and translations, including Apollonius
of Tyre. Ælfric's Catholic Homilies, Biblical Translations, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and
many other texts.
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