“Ye searching for thine old English name for baby, are ye?” Okay, that’s about the amount of Old English language talk up the sleeves around here. But if you are looking for a more historic English ...

Language is like a living organism, it changes, grow, and evolves over time. And yet, a few words from times long past have ...

that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night ...

I went to college a little bit later than most. Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the ...

The Medieval Institute and Medieval Institute Publications were involved with the publication of Old English Newsletter 29, no. 1 (Fall 1995) through 39, no. 2 (2006), and OEN Subsidia volumes 13 ...

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, by Hana Videen, (Princeton University Press: May 2022), 296 pages. In October 2021, Merriam Webster added 455 new words to its dictionary, including “amirite” ...