http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldenglish.htm

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldenglish.htm

This site is amazing to know more about the Old English. Old English was sometimes written with a version of the Runic alphabet, brought to Britain by the Anglo-Saxons until about the 11th century. In this site we can visualize this symbols, besides the also English alphabet and pronunciation of the letters. In addition to this, there is an example of an old English text (The prologue of Beowulf) compared with the Modern English version.

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-enhis.html

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-enhis.html

This is a very interesting site because it tells us the story of England territory trough the language developed in the country. Part of the site is dedicated to Old English, which, according to the site, if compared with Modern English, is completely different.

http://www.studyguide.org/beowulf.htm

http://www.studyguide.org/beowulf.htm

In this site we can find some information about the greatest Old English poem: Beowulf. Here, we can find the importance of the poem to English literature, some important terms to try to understand the text, once the old language cannot be read now except by those who have made a special study of it, a list of characters, and we can read the poem’s story.

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medess.htm

This site is an Anthology of Middle English Literature. It contains many links of Essays and articles about the subject. You have access to a large number of essays which might help you, call your attention or give you ideas about Old English Literature.

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medess.htm

http://www.etymonline.com/

This is an on line dictionary with explanations of what the words meant 600 or 2000 years ago. It can be helpful in an Old English text reading.

http://www.etymonline.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLJGTYkEKLI&feature=PlayList&p=64BB245C83A5679F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=51

This video was made by Alexander Arguelles and it presents a series of introductory overviews videos about Old English Literature. He contextualizes the text, explains, reads it and also gives a translation. It’s a really interesting series of videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLJGTYkEKLI&feature=PlayList&p=64BB245C83A5679F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=51

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xf_lEFSum8&NR=1

This video is one of the sequence you can find on this link. The host, Richard, is teaching Old English nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, among others. You might find interesting to understand a bit more the Old English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xf_lEFSum8&NR=1