Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, was a mix of the dialects brought from the European continent to Britain by some old Germanic tribes, the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes and the Frisians.

• 古英语，也叫盎格鲁撒克逊语，是欧洲大陆一些古日耳曼部族（盎格尔人、撒克逊人、朱特人和弗里斯人）陆续迁移到不列颠岛，带来的各自的方言融合而成的语言。