Old English
Example Sentences
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It was written in Old English, the language spoken in England during the early Middle Ages.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Though John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s books are in no way a retelling of “Beowulf,” echoes of the Old English epic occur throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Lal wrote back with superlatives of his own about Lawson, borrowing another word that Gandhi’s grandfather had often used, an Old English term for advocate, or follower:
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024
For teachers, it can assist with curriculum writing or be a creative classroom aide, for instance creating introductions in Old English during a class on medieval times.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
It is wiros, meaning man in Indo-European, taken as weraldh in Germanic and weorold in Old English, emerging, flabbergast- ingly, as “world.”
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
