Modern English ↔ Anglo-Saxon
Old English Translator
A meeting of two Englishes, a thousand years apart. Translate a passage, explore the words, and read a little further.
A note before you begin
An older kind of English.
Old English is the language of Anglo-Saxon England, used roughly from the fifth to the twelfth century. It is distinct from the Early Modern English of Shakespeare.
DiscoverAsh · thorn · eth
Letters from the Old English alphabet. You will meet them in your translations.
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Read in both directions
Enter Modern English or Old English. The translator detects the language and returns the other.
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A starting point for study
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