What's the Earliest English Word?

2017 · 12 min · Free · No sign-up

We're looking for the earliest surviving written English word--is it in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, on artifacts from the migration period, or in Latin? For more on the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England, take a look at my collaboration with Jabzy for his 3-Minute History series: https://youtu.be/GKAsQXpRHuk SOURCES AND CREDITS: http://www.alliterative.net/english For further explorations of these subje

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