Old English vs. Modern English

The Old English language, also known as Anglo-Saxon, has been spoken and written in England before 1100. In modern english most nouns are combinded into one, however in Old English each noun had it's own gender; masculine, feminine, or neuter. Verbs had a two different cases "weak" verbs and then "Strong" verbs, the ends on each changes the mood or tense of the person. Definite articles even had the genders attached to them. Although Old English lookes quite different from modern English on paper, once the pronunciation and rules of spelling are understood, many words are quite familiar to the modern ears. The English today still has some of  the roots that were used in Old English such as, water and earth. However, there are some words in today's english that has came from Old English but has changed meaning. The most common word is wif, old english, and wife, in Modern English. Wif use to mean any woman, married or not, but today's word wife means a married woman considered in relation to her spouse. Modern English and Old English is very different but yet very similar.

Works cited

"Old English Language." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.