Category talk:Old English language
Latest comment: 16 years ago by Widsith in topic Old English vs Anglo-Saxon
Old English vs Anglo-Saxon
editWhy was OE chosen? Rich Farmbrough
- It is the name used almost universally by modern academics. It was preferred to "Anglo-Saxon" partly because it emphasises the continuity with modern English. Widsith 11:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
References
editOnline stuff with expired copyright:
- An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth, Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller, 1898 (main volume); 1921 (supplement)
- A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Second Edition, John R. Clark Hall, 1916
- An Anglo-Saxon Reader, edited, with notes, a complete glossary, a chapter on versification, and an outline of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, James W. Bright, 1912