The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD. The language is a more inflected language, maintaining strong and weak verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It has a clearly marked subjunctive mood, and has 5 cases of nouns and adjectives. In addition to singular and plural grammatical numbers, there was a dual number for two people. After ca. 884, many Old Norse words made their way into Old English, as Norse settlers in the Danelaw interacted with native Anglo-Saxons.
Although modern English speakers may think Old English sounds like a different language, if you look and listen closely, you'll find many words that are recognizable.
근대영어를 말하는 사람들은 고전영어가 다른 말처럼 들릴 수 있겠지만 자세히 보고 들으면, 알아볼 수 있는 낱말이 많을 거에요. 예를 들어, 고전영어에서 주기도문은 이렇게 보여요.QED QED