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  2. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  3. Changes to Old English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Old English had the word butorflÄ“oge (of dubious origin, although the ultimately Greek word "butter" is the first element) [1] as early as 1000 which overtook the Germanic fifalde. Compare with Old High German fîfaltarâ , German Falter , Old Saxon vivoldara , Southern Dutch vijfwouter , Old Norse fifrildi , Icelandic fiðrildi , Swedish ...

  4. Old English - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps around 85% of Old English words are no longer in use, but those that survived are the basic elements of Modern English vocabulary. [2] Old English is a West Germanic language, and developed out of Ingvaeonic (also known as North Sea Germanic) dialects from the 5th century.

  5. Historical Thesaurus of English - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Thesaurus of English (HTE) is a complete database of all the words in the Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries (including Old English), arranged by semantic field and date. In this way, the HTE arranges the whole vocabulary of English, from the earliest written records in Old English to the present, alongside dates of ...

  6. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    A list of 100 words that occur most frequently in written English is given below, based on an analysis of the Oxford English Corpus (a collection of texts in the English language, comprising over 2 billion words). [1]

  7. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).

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  9. History of English - Wikipedia

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    The most famous surviving work from the Old English period is the epic poem Beowulf, composed by an unknown poet. The introduction of Christianity from around the year 600 encouraged the addition of over 400 Latin loan words into Old English, such as the predecessors of the modern priest, paper, and school, and a smaller number of Greek loan ...