Middle English

noun

the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviations: ME, M.E.

Origin of Middle English

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby Middle English

middle ear, Middle East, Middle Eastern, middle eight, Middle England, Middle English, middle finger, Middle Flemish, Middle French, middle game, Middle Greek

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Example sentences from the Web for Middle English

The explanation of these rules depends upon Middle-English grammar and pronunciation; for which see the Introduction to vol.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
Penda's own son, whom he had set over the Middle-English, received baptism and teachers from Lindisfarne.
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8)|John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for Middle English

Middle English

noun

the English language from about 1100 to about 1450: main dialects are Kentish, Southwestern (West Saxon), East Midland (which replaced West Saxon as the chief literary form and developed into Modern English), West Midland, and Northern (from which the Scots of Lowland Scotland and other modern dialects developed)Abbreviation: ME Compare Old English, Modern English

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Cultural definitions for Middle English

Middle English

The English language from about 1150 to about 1500. During this time, following the Norman Conquest of England, the native language of England — Old English — borrowed great numbers of words from the Norman French of the conquerors. Middle English eventually developed into modern English.

notes for Middle English

Many of the writings in Middle English that have survived have word forms very different from those in modern English; today's readers of English cannot understand the language of these works without training. Some dialects of Middle English, however, resemble modern English, and a good reader of today can catch the drift of something written in them. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in one of these dialects.

单词	middle english
释义	Middle English noun the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviations: ME, M.E. Origin of Middle English First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby Middle English middle ear, Middle East, Middle Eastern, middle eight, Middle England, Middle English, middle finger, Middle Flemish, Middle French, middle game, Middle Greek Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Middle English The explanation of these rules depends upon Middle-English grammar and pronunciation; for which see the Introduction to vol. Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales\|Geoffrey Chaucer Penda's own son, whom he had set over the Middle-English, received baptism and teachers from Lindisfarne. History of the English People, Volume I (of 8)\|John Richard Green British Dictionary definitions for Middle English Middle English noun the English language from about 1100 to about 1450: main dialects are Kentish, Southwestern (West Saxon), East Midland (which replaced West Saxon as the chief literary form and developed into Modern English), West Midland, and Northern (from which the Scots of Lowland Scotland and other modern dialects developed)Abbreviation: ME Compare Old English, Modern English Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Middle English Middle English The English language from about 1150 to about 1500. During this time, following the Norman Conquest of England, the native language of England — Old English — borrowed great numbers of words from the Norman French of the conquerors. Middle English eventually developed into modern English. notes for Middle English Many of the writings in Middle English that have survived have word forms very different from those in modern English; today's readers of English cannot understand the language of these works without training. Some dialects of Middle English, however, resemble modern English, and a good reader of today can catch the drift of something written in them. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in one of these dialects. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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