Old English, used in much of present-day Britain before the year 1066, was based on West Germanic dialects with influences of Celtic and Old Norse. ... Latest Letters to the Editor . Voices.

Interesting. I knew about the Old English letter. It's often printed as 'g' when books of Anglo-Saxon poems are printed. So 'gingra' for 'younger', where the first letter should be a 'yogh', sound ...

The ins and outs of H. The story of the weakly articulated H is murkily entwined with the story of its name. Long gone from Old English words like hring “ring”, hnecca “neck” and hlūd ...