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Anglo-Saxon Translator — English to Old English (~450-1100 AD)

Translate common English to real Anglo-Saxon (Old English) vocabulary: cyning, sweord, hāl.

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Anglo-Saxon (Old English) Translator

Real Old English vocabulary from ~450-1100 AD: ic, þū, cyning, sweord, hāl.

How to Use Anglo-Saxon Translator

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    Type common English words.

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    Get authentic Old English (Anglo-Saxon) equivalents.

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    Use for fantasy writing, character names, history projects.

About Anglo-Saxon Translator

Translate to real Anglo-Saxon (Old English ~450-1100 AD). Unlike our Medieval Translator (which gives Shakespearean Early Modern English), this tool uses actual Old English vocabulary from Beowulf-era sources: cyning (king), sweord (sword), frēond (friend), wes hāl (be well / hello). For fantasy writing, historical fiction, character names, and history learning.

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Fateh Raiyan Ishmum

Full-stack dev since 2020. Full-stack web developer since 2020. Builds privacy-first, open-web tools. Specialises in Next.js, TypeScript, and performance-focused design.

Frequently Asked Questions

Anglo-Saxon (Old English, ~450-1100 AD) is the language of Beowulf — heavily inflected, looks foreign to modern speakers. Middle English (~1100-1500) is Chaucer's era. Early Modern English (~1500-1700) is Shakespeare. Our Medieval Translator covers Shakespearean style; this Anglo-Saxon tool covers the much older Beowulf-era vocabulary.

Mostly not. Anglo-Saxon vocabulary is very different from modern English — words like 'cyning' (king), 'sweord' (sword), 'frēond' (friend) bear only faint resemblance to their modern descendants. The tool gives you authentic words for fantasy writing and historical reference.

Standard Old English dictionaries and the corpus of surviving Anglo-Saxon texts (Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, religious manuscripts). We use the standard Old English spelling with thorn (þ) and macron (¯) accents.

Fantasy writing, historical fiction, naming Anglo-Saxon characters, decorative captions for medieval-themed events, learning historical linguistics.

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