How is Old English different from modern English?

There are many samples of these online. Here is one: > #1 is Old English or Anglo-Saxon (circa 450-1066 CE). #2 is Middle English (circa 1066-1450 AD). #3 is Modern English from about the time of Shakespeare. read more

Old English is essentially the first recorded version of English and it is the forebear of the language we speak today. Although a modern English speaker would likely have great difficulty in understanding written or spoken Old English, about half the words we use today are derived from Old English. read more

Old English lacked all the borrowings from French, Norse, and Latin that Modern English has. Old English had a somewhat freer word order than modern English. Old English had a few extra letters in its alphabet. Old English was much easier to spell. read more

Differences between old english and modern english 1. Old English = Anglo-Saxon = OE › 500-1100 AD Modern English = MnE 2. read more