Old English (English spelling) OldEnglish

Japanese: Old English(英語表記)OldEnglish
Old English (English spelling) OldEnglish

…another name for Old English (OE). It is a dialect of Low German brought to England by the Germanic peoples Jutes, Angles, and Saxons who migrated to England in large numbers from continental Europe, especially from Jutland and the lower Elbe region, from the mid-5th century. It overcame the languages ​​of the indigenous Celtic peoples and became the main language of England.

From [English]

...Old English is characterized by high inflection, Middle English by leveled inflection, and Modern English by the loss of inflection.
[Old English]
Old English, abbreviated as OE. It is also called Anglo-Saxon because the Germanic peoples who migrated to England were collectively called Anglo-Saxons.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Old English" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古英語Old English(略称OE)の別称。5世紀中ごろ以来ヨーロッパ大陸,ことにユトランド半島およびエルベ川下流地方から大量にイングランドに移住したゲルマン族のジュート人,アングル人,サクソン人がもたらした低地ドイツ語諸方言で,ケルト系の先住民族の言語を制圧し,イングランドの主たる言語となった。…

【英語】より

…古英語は高度の屈折,中英語は水平化された屈折,近代英語は屈折の消失,によってそれぞれ特徴づけられる。
[古英語]
 Old English,略称OE。イングランドに渡来したゲルマン族がアングロ・サクソン人と総称されたことからアングロ・サクソン語とも呼ばれる。…

※「Old English」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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