old english

noun

1. Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE
2. Printing. a style of black letter.

noun

1. Also called: Anglo-Saxon the English language from the time of the earliest settlements in the fifth century ad to about 1100. The main dialects were West Saxon (the chief literary form), Kentish, and AnglianAbbreviation: OE Compare Middle English, Modern English
2. printing a Gothic typeface commonly used in England up until the 18th century

The English language from the fifth century until about 1150. In the fifth century, the Angles and Saxons of Germany settled in Britain and established their language in the southern part of the island — the region that was called “Angle-land,” or “England.” After 1150, the Norman French language introduced after the Norman Conquest influenced Old English, and Middle English developed.