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Anglo–Saxon alphabet
noun
Definition of Anglo–Saxon alphabet
: the Latin alphabet as modified for writing Old English by the addition of the four characters æ or ę, edh, thorn, and wen —called also Old English alphabet
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First Known Use of anglo–saxon alphabet
1737
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