It was borrowed by Old English and Old Norse ... A modified version of a handwritten q. In English: We've never even thought about using this letter. English did used to have the sound it stands ...

While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six characters to play around with. They formed part of the alphabet of Old English, the ...

Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the language was like. “It sounds bizarre ...