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Gerneral name for the range of dialects
spoken by Germanic settlers in England
between the fifth and eleventh centuries AD.
The literature of the period includes
Beowulf, an epic in West Saxon dialect,
shorter poems of melancholic dignity such as
The Wanderer and The Seafarer, and prose
chronicles, Bible translations, spells, and
charms.