The Transition from Old English to Middle English
It is often hard to imagine a world that did not speak or even know about the form of English we know today. Words may seem simple and easy to us, but the history behind each individual word tells its own story. The words that are so familiar in our modern world have been shaped and sculpted over centuries, yet some are still recognizable in their original form. Beowulf is written in the native language of the Anglo-Saxons, which we today call Old English. However, glancing over to the non-translated side of Beowulf feels as if one is reading another language that could not possibly be related to English. The transition from the Old English seen in Beowulf to the Middle English seen in Chaucer’s