Spanning AD 600 to 1100/1150, there were four distinct dialects of Old English: Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, and West-Saxon. If you found this post on “When is Old, Middle, and Modern English?” interesting, consider subscribing to KD Did It, if you’d like to track this post for future updates.ĭefinition: Old English is commonly referred to as Anglo-Saxon with a largely Germanic vocabulary. Heck, there’s always a better way to explain it, so if it makes quicker and/or better sense, I would appreciate suggestions and comments from anyone on some aspect of writing with which you struggle or on which you can contribute more understanding. It’s an evolving conversation, and sometimes I run across an example that helps explain better or another “also known as”. What the posts on “Writing” are intended to do is explore the various mechanics of writing from plots to points-of-view to structure to character development to genres to voice to target audience to book types to character or story arcs to back stories to plot devices to themes to diction to copyright to flashforwards to flashbacks to framing the story or devices to memes to tropes to pace to perspective to settings to show versus tell to social context to continuity to storyboards to style to language to style sheets to syntax to tone to tropes and more. Of course, you must determine for yourself how much flavor you want to give your story. An important consideration if you’re writing an historical novel and need to pay attention. In the History of the Word in the Word Confusion posts, I’ve been noting whether a word was Old English, Middle English, or Modern English, but I haven’t noted what time periods those “eras” cover.
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