old english

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   English prior to about 1100

   SynonymsAnglo-Saxon

   BroaderEnglish

   NarrowerWest SaxonAnglianKentish

Questions about old english

What does old english mean?

old english means "English prior to about 1100".

What is another word for old english?

Close synonyms include Anglo-Saxon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old english a common word?

old english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.