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Middle English

Mid·dle Eng·lish


noun 
Definition:
 
English language from 1100 to 1500: the form of the English language spoken and written between the 12th and the beginning of the 16th centuries. The leading dialects of this period were Kentish, West Saxon, West Midland, East Midland, and Northern.

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