Old English (Ænglisc Anglisc Englisc) or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southern and eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.
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Germanic languages, West Germanic languages, Anglo-Frisian languages, Ingvaeonic languages
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