English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100
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English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100
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Instance Of
Components
- Old English, ca. 450-1100
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Anglo-Saxon language
- English language--To 1100
- Old English language
- West Saxon dialect
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Anglo-Saxon language
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Russom, G. Old English meter and linguistic theory, 1987.
- found: Britannica Micro. (Old English language; West Saxon dialect, Old English dialect originally spoken only in the Saxon Kingdom of Wessex. West Saxon became the standard Old English language during the reign (871-899) of King Alfred the Great, of Wessex.)
- found: LC data base, 12/15/86 (Old English language)
LC Classification
- PE101-PE299
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1988-10-27: revised
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