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The most obvious difference is that you can read Middle English and understand it, or some of it, anyway, whereas Old English is very foreign looking. Old English, often called Anglo-Saxon, is a heavily inflected Germanic language with three genders, three numbers ( singular, dual and plural) and five cases in the noun, Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative and Instrumental. Middle English is a lightly inflected Germanic language that has a great deal of French vocabulary and grammar, no gender and only three cases in the noun, Subjective, Possessive and Objective ( Modern English has only two, Subjective and Possessive).
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∙ 8y agoMiddle English refers to the dialects of the English language that were spoken in the British Isles after the Norman conquest until the late 15th century.
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Is Middle English a compound word?
No. Middle English is two words.
How do you spell you in middle English?
middle
One significant difference between Old English and Middle English is that Middle English incorporates influences from?
French
What is the difference between Middle English and Olde English?
old English comes mainly from the angles of Germany but middle English has french influences from the Norman conquest
When was middle English created?
Middle English was not created: it evolved from Old English under the influence of Norman French, beginning in the 12th Century.
One significant difference between Old English and Middle English is that Middle English incorporates influences from what?
Middle English incorporates influences from French.
What is 'middle' when translated from English to Italian?
"Middle" in English is mezzo in Italian.
When did Middle English end?
Middle English is generally considered to have ended around 1470 with the advent of the printing press and the standardization of English due to the spread of the Chancery Standard. The introduction of Early Modern English followed, which was further solidified by the publication of the influential King James Bible in 1611.
Is Middle English a compound word?
No. Middle English is two words.
How do you spell you in middle English?
middle
What does Middle English typically describe?
Middle English typically describes dialects of the English language dating back to the Middle Ages. The time period for this dialect was between the High and Late Middle Ages, thus giving it the name "Middle English".
The Canterbury Tales was written in which language?
The Canterbury Tales was written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century.
Middle English word for plot?
Plat was a Middle English variant for plot.
One significant difference between Old English and Middle English is that Middle English incorporates influences from?
French
One significant difference between Old English and Middle English is that Middle English incorporates influences from .?
French
Where did Middle English originate?
Middle English originated in England, around 1150 CE.
Did Geoffrey Chaucer write the canterbury tales in old english middle english or modern english?
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in Middle English, which was the common spoken and written language in England during the late 14th century. Middle English is distinct from older forms of the language like Old English and from the modern form of English that we use today.
