Anglo saxon language

Old English was the West Germanic language spoken in the area now known as England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Speakers of Old English called their language Englisc, themselves Angle, Angel…

Our months of the year are based on the lunar cycle. The word ‘month’ in English or ‘mōnath’ in Old English is related to our word for moon. Here the Old English is separate…

Linguistically, the Anglo-Saxons practically eradicated the native Britons. The question is: was it ethnic cleansing?

Dianne Ebertt Beeaff explains the disappearance from view of Anglo-Saxon family names from modern English life.

The Anglo-Saxon way of life meant that they kept and used domestic animals in their settlements. These animals are still important to our way of life and the Anglo-Saxons gave us our words for thes…

Our ancestors, the Anglo-Saxons lived in the Forest of Dean and spoke Old English. They gave us the names for our days of the week. Most of them were named after Anglo-Saxon gods, except Saturday w…

Old English / Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) was the West Germanic language spoken in the area now known as England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Speakers of Old English called their language Englisc, themselves Angle, Angelcynn or Angelfolc and their home Angelcynn or Englaland. (...)

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Anglo-Saxon in England Timeline from the British Museum

23 September 2019, 09h50: Spring Equinox for the Southern Hemisphere Today is the spring equinox – where we experience the same number of daylight hours and night time hours in both the Southern an…