Old English vs. Middle English
By: Sophie Venus
Old English is also known as Anglo Saxon and is from the 400s to 1066. Middle English is from 1066 to the 1400s. There are differences between these two types of English. One of the major differences between the two is that old English has different letters. In old English there are different letters including "edh" "ash" and "wynn". There are also little endings on the ends of words to show what that word is doing in that sentence and old English does not require a specific word order. In middle English spelling has not been formalized. And middle English contained some Latin terms like substania which is substance in modern English. Another difference is that old English is close to the German language but middle English is a lot closer to the English we have now.
example of old English:
example of old English:
While middle English looks like this:
It is interesting to see how our language has evolved over the years! ~ Mrs. Kopp
ReplyDeleteI do love the old English Script - very interesting facts.
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