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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026Mid′dle Eng′lish, - the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbr.: ME
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Middle English n - the English language from about 1100 to about 1450: main dialects are Kentish, Southwestern (West Saxon), East Midland (which replaced West Saxon as the chief literary form and developed into Modern English), West Midland, and Northern (from which the Scots of Lowland Scotland and other modern dialects developed)
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'Middle English' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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