"Middle English" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Middle English}} Middle English
  1. The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD. It developed from Anglo-Saxon, also called Old English, with heavy influence from French and Latin after the Norman invasion. Wikipedia link: Middle English Categories (topical): English, Languages Synonyms: Medieval English Related terms: Classical English [English], Standard English [StE] [English], Old English (english: Anglo-Saxon) [English], Middle English [ME] [English], Medieval English [English], Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Wiktionary’s coverage of Middle English terms Related terms (New English [NE] (Modern English)): Early New English [Early, English, Modern], Late Modern English [LModE] Translations (Middle English): إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة وُسْطَى (alt: ʔinjlīziyya(t) wusṭā) [feminine] (Arabic), anglès mitjà [masculine] (Catalan), anglés mitjà [Valencian, masculine] (Catalan), 中古英語 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中古英语 (Tiong-kó͘ Eng-gí, Tiong-kó͘ Eng-gú) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中古英語 (Chinese Cantonese), 中古英语 (zung¹ gu² jing¹ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 中古英語 (Chinese Mandarin), 中古英语 (Zhōnggǔ Yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), middelengelsk [neuter] (Danish), Middelengels [neuter] (Dutch), Mezoangla Lingvo (Esperanto), keskienglanti (Finnish), moyen anglais [masculine] (French), inglés medio [masculine] (Galician), საშუალო ინგლისური ენა (sašualo inglisuri ena) (Georgian), შუაინგლისური (šuainglisuri) (Georgian), შუაინგლისური ენა (šuainglisuri ena) (Georgian), Mittelenglisch [neuter] (German), mittelenglisch [adjective] (German), मध्य अंग्रेज़ी (madhya aṅgrezī) [feminine] (Hindi), középangol (Hungarian), miðenska [feminine] (Icelandic), Meán-Bhéarla [masculine] (Irish), inglese media [feminine] (Italian), 中英語 (chū-ēgo) (alt: ちゅうえいご) (Japanese), 中期英語 (chūki-ēgo) (alt: ちゅうきえいご) (Japanese), मध्य इंग्रजी (madhya iṅgrajī) (Marathi), Englisch (Middle English), English (Middle English), Inglis (Middle English), mellomengelsk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mellomengelsk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), średnioangielski [masculine] (Polish), inglês médio [masculine] (Portuguese), среднеангли́йский (sredneanglíjskij) [masculine] (Russian), inglés medio [masculine] (Spanish), medelengelska [common-gender] (Swedish), Orta İngilizce (Turkish)

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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "madhya iṅgrajī",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "word": "मध्य इंग्रजी"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "word": "Englisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "word": "English"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "word": "Inglis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mellomengelsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mellomengelsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "średnioangielski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inglês médio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sredneanglíjskij",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "среднеангли́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inglés medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "medelengelska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle English",
      "word": "Orta İngilizce"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Middle English"
}

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