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Translating Modern English to Old English. Type (or copy/paste) a word into the area to the right of "Word to translate" and click / press the 'To Old English' button. The Old English equivalent of Modern English words where the search word is found is the description are shown.
This translator translates each Old English word into Modern English by searching the database for each combination of the letters in the word to be translated with or without accents (as appropriate) and with each combination of the thorn character.
Words that have been translated from old English to modern English.
Technology. When I first started this project as a hobby about twelve years ago it ran successfully without restriction on a standard hosting account. As the project has grown, and more and more people are using the translator that approach became impractical.
In Old English there are four cases for nouns and these occur for both singular and plural. In simplistic terms: Nominative: The nominative case is used for the subject of a sentence. Accusative: The accusative case is used for the object of the sentence. Genitive: The genitive case is used to indicate possession.
Old English and producing the Old English Translator is one of my many hobbies. To get in touch please email me at: phil@blueengine.co.uk. Please note, I am not a linguist and do not have an affinity with languages, my background is Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Software Engineering.