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'''Old English''' is the earliest written form of the [[English]] language. English is derived from dialects of [[North Sea Germanic]] spoken around the coasts of the [[North Sea]] prior to the fifth century AD. Tribes speaking these dialects included the [[Angles]], [[Saxons]], and [[Jutes]], who later settled in [[Britain]]. Once established on the island of Britain, the language gradually diverged from its continental neighbors. It appears to have been called "English" right from the outset (spelt ''Englisc'' in Old English), from the name of the Angles.
'''Old English''' is possibly the earliest written form of the [[English]] language. English is derived from dialects of [[North Sea Germanic]] spoken around the coasts of the [[North Sea]] prior to the fifth century AD. Tribes speaking these dialects included the [[Angles]], [[Saxons]], and [[Jutes]], who later settled in [[Britain]]. Once established on the island of Britain, the language gradually diverged from its continental neighbors. It appears to have been called "English" right from the outset (spelt ''Englisc'' in Old English), from the name of the Angles.
Letters used in Old English that have not survived in Modern English are: ''æ'' ("ash"), an amalgamated letter roughly representing a sound between "a" and "e"; ''þ'' ("thorn") and ''ƿ'' ("wynn"), borrowed from the runic alphabet; and ''ð'' ("eth"), adapted from the Latin alphabet.<ref>http://langscape.org.uk/OEtutorial/thealphabet.html</ref>
Letters used in Old English that have not survived in Modern English are: ''æ'' ("ash"), an amalgamated letter roughly representing a sound between "a" and "e"; ''þ'' ("thorn") and ''ƿ'' ("wynn"), borrowed from the runic alphabet; and ''ð'' ("eth"), adapted from the Latin alphabet.<ref>http://langscape.org.uk/OEtutorial/thealphabet.html</ref>
! '''Modern English'''
! '''Modern English'''
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| Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum
| Fæder ure þu þe eart on nmmnm
| Our Father, you who are in heaven,
| Our Father, you who heaven,
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| Si þin nama gehalgod
| Si þin nama gehalgod
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