OLD ENGLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old English mean? 

• OLD ENGLISH (noun)
  The noun OLD ENGLISH has 1 sense:

1. English prior to about 1100

  Familiarity information: OLD ENGLISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD ENGLISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English prior to about 1100

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Anglo-Saxon; Old English

Hypernyms ("Old English" is a kind of...):

English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Old English"):

West Saxon (a literary dialect of Old English)

Anglian; Jutish; Kentish (one of the major dialects of Old English)

 Context examples 

This shaggy dog looks like a small version of the Old English Sheepdog.

(Lhasa Apso, NCI Thesaurus)

The Old English Sheepdog is a large, squarely proportioned, agile dog with a profuse, shaggy coat.

(Old English Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the oldest original early American pig strains, the Hampshire pig originated from the Old English breed and was imported to North American in the mid-1800s.

(Hampshire Pig, NCI Thesaurus)