Old English
Example Sentences
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Bede chose not include the original Old English poem in his History, but to translate it into Latin.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
On Nov. 25, 1936, a young Oxford professor delivered a lecture to the British Academy in London about the Old English epic “Beowulf.”
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
With the meaning of awareness, it became beodan in Old English, meaning “bode,” and bodhati in Sanskrit, meaning he awakes, is enlightened, and thus Bodhisattva, and Buddha.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
