The language we speak in Brtain today, English, was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons, but it was very different from modern English. In fact, it is usually called Old English. The girl is saying "Welcome! Good Health!" |
 Hesinen age 8 |
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| Many words in Old English are not recognisable today, but others are very similar. Here are a few examples: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Can you read these sentences? (Remember þ means th) How do we know what language the Anglo-Saxons spoke? Manuscripts which were written by Anglo-Saxon monks had survived and they tell us about the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are one such manuscript. |
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