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Old English

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Long ago, people spoke Old English.

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Anglosaxonrunes.svg
It was a very old way to talk. It sounds different from how we talk now. Many of our words come from it. It is part of our story. Do you like old stories?

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Old norse, ca 900.PNG
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Statue d'Alfred le Grand à Winchester.jpg
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Old English Dialects.png
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Her swutelað seo gecwydrædnes ðe.jpg
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Anglosaxonrunes.svg
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Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r.jpg
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