Long before Lorde, Adele, or even Cher, one name was all a person needed. In Britain before the Norman Conquest of 1066, people went by single names. If a village had an overabundance of Toms, one ...

The Medieval Institute and Medieval Institute Publications were involved with the publication of Old English Newsletter 29, no. 1 (Fall 1995) through 39, no. 2 (2006), and OEN Subsidia volumes 13 ...

125 Beautiful 'Old English' Names for Your Little Boy or Girl originally appeared on Parade. Not everyone parents the same way, in much the same way that not everyone's taste is the same. And that ...

Now, research may fuel further rounds of such slagging in the Dáil. The research showed FF TDs are significantly more likely than FG to have surnames of exclusively Irish origin, with the opposite ...

The earliest fragments of English reveal how interconnected Europe has been for centuries. As an exhibition in London brings together treasures from Anglo-Saxon England, Cameron Laux traces a history ...

I went to college a little bit later than most. Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the ...