Monday, November 9, 2015

Old English Text Example

A History of the English Language - Elly van Gelderen - A Companion Site Several sample texts in Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern English are .The Old English Texts 1 - 6 have been normalised into Early West Saxon. The punctuation of all texts in this section is editorial, since the originals were only .#1 is Old English or Anglo-Saxon circa 450-1066 CE . #2 is Middle of Shakespeare. #4 is another sample of Modern English, but it is more recent than #3..


Typography Holding Hands

Typography Holding Hands


It is an example of an Old English stylistic device, the kenning. The oldest surviving text of Old English literature is Cdmon 's Hymn, composed between 658 .A History of the English Language - Elly van Gelderen - A Companion Site Several sample texts in Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern English are .The Old English Texts 1 - 6 have been normalised into Early West Saxon. The punctuation of all texts in this section is editorial, since the originals were only .#1 is Old English or Anglo-Saxon circa 450-1066 CE . #2 is Middle of Shakespeare. #4 is another sample of Modern English, but it is more recent than #3..

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