Old English became my favorite thing about college. The grammar is easy, so it’s not difficult to learn. And enough early medieval words survived into modern English that the vocabulary seems ...

Maria Dahvana Headley’s revisionist translation infuses the Old English poem with feminism and social-media slang, Ruth Franklin writes.

Because so few Old English texts have survived – the equivalent of about “30 medium-sized novels,” Dr. Videen says – the complete meanings of unusual words are sometimes lost to us.

Bulldogs originated hundreds of years ago in England, bred for bull baiting (antagonizing a bull for sport and theater) ...

Old English has been trusted for more than 100 years to treat all kinds of wood and deliver results. So don’t hesitate — get yours today! Before you go, check out our slideshow below: ...

But on the flip side, s ome fantastic Old English vocabulary has dropped out of everyday conversation. Read below to see a list of the best words that need reviving. 1. Grubbling (v) ...

Old English literature is rife with passages testifying to appreciation of the sterner mood of nature, a cognizance of her wintry phenomena, her rigors of land and sky and water.

From traditional old English baby names for boys, like Edmund and Wilfred, to iconic old English baby names for girls, like Blythe and Ethel, this giant list of 150 old English options has got you ...

C astle Howard, one of the grandest of English country houses, is taking the long way home. The domed Yorkshire residence, designed by Baroque architect John Vanbrugh for the third Earl of ...

To crack Old English riddles from the Exeter Book, you have to know about their Anglo-Latin predecessors. One Exeter Book riddle describes a creature with one eye and 1,200 heads.