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Send, sent; end, *ent?
verbs
pronunciation
old-english
middle-english
/ð/ → /d/ shift in English
phonology
historical-change
old-english
consonants
germanic-languages
Irregular verbs: the history of the suffix “-en” in the past participle
etymology
pronunciation
suffixes
past-participles
old-english
Why don't English nouns have grammatical gender?
nouns
history
grammatical-gender
old-english
How and in what way did the Danes come to influence English?
history
old-english
danish
Why don’t we write poetry like Beowulf any longer?
poetry
old-english
rhymes
stress
meter
How was the letter -u- written in Old English?
orthography
old-english
handwriting
Why are there two pronunciations for "either"?
etymology
pronunciation
old-english
historical-change
Did the English call a fruit “openærs” for 700 years?
etymology
slang
old-english
food
Ye olde english alphabet question: Any other letters lost besides thorn, edh, and yogh?
typography
old-english
alphabet
handwriting
Why do we use the object instead of the subject pronoun in constructions like "stupid me"?
grammar
pronouns
morphology
old-english
grammatical-case
Is the word “formulæ” valid English?
latin
old-english
alphabet
typography
ligature
What is the history of adding the a- prefix to form words?
history
prefixes
old-english
What we've gelost — why doesn't English use the prefix "ge-"?
history
prefixes
past-participles
old-english
germanic-languages
Can anyone translate this text from the Wessex Gospels of 1175, please?
translation
old-english
Was "book" to "beek" as "foot" is to "feet"?
etymology
grammatical-number
old-english
i-mutation
How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week?
history
time
old-english
How did 7 come to be an abbreviation for 'and' in Old English?
orthography
writing
typography
old-english
symbols
Did English ever have a word for 'yes' for negative questions?
etymology
history
questions
old-english
middle-english
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