The Old English was a Germanic language first developed and spoken in England during Anglo-Saxon times.[1]
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J.R.R. Tolkien's works are intended to have been translated into the English language from Westron.
Tolkien was a professional linguist and a specialist in the Old English language. He rendered Rohanese, related to an older form of Westron, by the Mercian dialect of Old English, spoken in the English Midlands. Tolkien taught courses in Old English heroic verse, history of English, various Old English and Middle English texts, Old and Middle English philology, introductory Germanic philology, Gothic, Old Icelandic, and Medieval Welsh. Mercian differed slightly from the West Saxon dialect in which most surviving Old English documents are written. Tolkien considered it his favourite Old English dialect, and once said that ideally he would speak nothing but Old Mercian.[citation needed]
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| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Ouengels |
| Albanian | Anglishtja e vjetër |
| Amharic | ጥንታዊ እንግሊዝኛ |
| Arabic | إنجليزية قديمة |
| Aragonese | Anglés antigo |
| Armenian | Հին անգլերեն |
| Asturian | Inglés antiguu |
| Azerbaijani | Köhnə İngilis |
| Basque | Antzinako ingelesa |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Стараанглійская |
| Bengali | প্রাচীন ইংরেজি |
| Bosnian | Drevni engleski |
| Breton | Hensaozneg |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Староанглийски език |
| Burmese | အိုသောအင်ျဂလိ |
| Cambodian | អង់គ្លេសចាស់ |
| Catalan | Anglès antic |
| Chinese | 古英语 |
| Croatian | Staroengleski |
| Czech | Staroangličtina |
| Danish | Gammelengelsk |
| Dutch | Oudengels |
| Esperanto | Malnova angla |
| Estonian | Vanainglise |
| Faroese | Fornenskt mál |
| Filipino | Lumang Ingles |
| Finnish | Muinaisenglanti |
| French | Vieil anglais |
| Frisian | Aldingelsk (Western) |
| Galician | Inglés antigo |
| Georgian | ძველი ინგლისური |
| German | Altenglisch |
| Gilaki | قدیمی اینگیلیسی |
| Greek | Αρχαία αγγλική |
| Gujarati | પ્રાચીન અંગ્રેજી |
| Haitian Creole | Ansyen angle |
| Hebrew | אנגלית עתיקה |
| Hindi | पुरानी अंग्रेज़ी |
| Hungarian | Óangol nyelv |
| Icelandic | Fornenska |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Inggris Kuno |
| Irish Gaelic | Seanbhéarla |
| Italian | Antico inglese |
| Japanese | 古英語 |
| Javanese | Basa Inggris Kuna |
| Kannada | ಹಳೆಯ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ |
| Kazakh | Көне ағылшын тілі (Cyrillic) Köne ağılşın tili (Latin) |
| Korean | 고대 영어 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Байыркы кыргызча |
| Laotian | ພາສາອັງກິດເກົ່າ |
| Latvian | Senangļu valoda |
| Lithuanian | Senoji anglų |
| Luxembourgish | Antikt englesch |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Староанглиски јазик |
| Malayalam | പഴയ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് |
| Malaysian | Bahasa Inggeris Kuno |
| Maltese | Ingliż antik |
| Maori | Tawhito Ingarihi |
| Marathi | जुने इंग्रजी |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хуучин англи хэл |
| Nepalese | पुरानो अंग्रेजी |
| Norwegian | Gammelengelsk |
| Occitan | Vièlh Anglés |
| Old English | Ænglisc spræc |
| Pashto | زاړه انګليسي |
| Persian | انگلیسی باستان |
| Polish | Język staroangielski |
| Portuguese | Inglês antigo |
| Punjabi | ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ
پرانی انگریزی (Western) |
| Romanian | Engleza veche |
| Russian | Древнеанглийский язык |
| Samoan | Tuai gagana Peretania |
| Scots | Auld Inglis |
| Scottish Gaelic | Seann Bheurla |
| Serbian | Староенглески језик (Cyrillic) Staroengleski jezik (Latin) |
| Sindhi | پراڻي انگريزي |
| Sinhalese | පැරණි ඉංග්රීසි |
| Slovak | Stará angličtina |
| Slovenian | Stara angleščina |
| Spanish | Inglés antiguo |
| Swahili | Kiingereza Kale |
| Swedish | Fornengelska |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Кӯҳна англисӣ |
| Tamil | பண்டைய ஆங்கிலம் |
| Telugu | పాత ఇంగ్లీష్ |
| Thai | ภาษาอังกฤษเก่า |
| Turkish | Eski İngilizce |
| Turkmen | Köne Iňlis |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Давньоанглійська мова |
| Urdu | قدیم انگریزی |
| Uzbek | Ески инглизча (Cyrillic) Eski inglizcha (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Anh cổ |
| Welsh | Hen Saesneg |
| Western Flemish | Oudiengels |
| Yiddish | אַלט ענגליש |