Usage of "old english"

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Early form of English, spoken circa 450–1100.

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Examples for "ang"

Im afraid I shant ever get the ang of it, sir. 
 Press Cuttings 

I used to be on Penryn Island and that was 'is old 'ang-out. 
 White Shadows in the South Seas 

You don't know how hard it is to make her ang'y! 
 St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 

Some'ow-oh ,'angitall, let's get out of this and take a taxi. 
 Living Alone 

They 'ang them they want and free them they want. 
 A conspiracy of paper: a novel 

Immunohistochemical staining was utilized to determine cell survival and migration of oe-NSCs. 
 Pubmed 

Hearing loss induced by noise exposure was restored after oe-NSCs implantation. 
 Pubmed 

The first occurrence of Phoebus was rendered with an oe ligature in the original. 
 The Aeneid of Virgil 

Me-li-na-key oe noo-ki cos-si-kie ta-wa-it-ihin oe yea-wap-a-ki tuck-whan-a; puck-i-tum-I-wa-loo kne-won-ot-i-they-way. 
 The Lost Trail 

The ae and oe ligiture in the italics cases, MIGHT be and probably are transposed! 
 The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes. Volume 04 

The old Anglo-Saxon hardihood paused and looked the terror in its face. 
 Historical Papers / Part 3 from Volume VI of The Works of John G... 

The Anglo-Saxon idea, on the other hand, looked first to the individual. 
 Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution 

We read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of the barons in Stephen's days. 
 The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendun... 

It is the Anglo-Saxon race occupying the sites of the Indian wigwams. 
 Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ... 

We look in Anglo-Saxon poetry in vain for a touch like this:- 
 Halleck's New English Literature 

Usage of old english in English

Or let us proceed in the Old English of the Golden Legend. 
 The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 

Afterward Chaucer wrote these down in a book in quaint old English. 
 Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) / Classic Tales and Old-F... 

NOTES.-Thispiece is written in the style of the old English ballads. 
 McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader 

This is one of the old English medicinal plants still in use. 
 The Life of the Fields 

A fine, old English institution in disarray, having under-performed over recent years. 
 The Irish Times 

My father brought the wainscoting from an old English country-house in Dorsetshire. 
 The Inn at the Red Oak 

Under each oblong of paper was a title in old English characters. 
 Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales 

Browne loitered up to the stall and amassed two month- old English magazines. 
 Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales 

The Lochaber-ax is only a slight alteration of the old English bill. 
 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 

Our breakfast consisted of what the Squire denominated true old English fare. 
 Old Christmas 

Jeffersonian Democrats had long ago abolished the old English law of primogeniture. 
 The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South 

The engraving may be in script, block, shaded block, or old English. 
 Etiquette 

He was an 18year- old English Protestant, penniless but hardworking, ambitious and shrewd. 
 The Irish Times 

Another division is called the Old English, Early English, and Middle English. 
 The Interdependence of Literature 

But you must remember that old English poetry was not like ours. 
 English Literature for Boys and Girls 

An old English law which prevents a neighbor from shutting off sunlight. 
 Aeroplanes 

Meanings of old english in English