What is the first extended written specimen of Old English ?
Correct answer: D. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
- A. Boethius's Consolidation of Philosophy
- B. Saint Jerome's translation of the Bible
- C. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- D. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
Explanation
Æthelberht’s law code, issued around 600, is generally regarded as the earliest surviving extended specimen of written Old English. The other choices are later works or, in Saint Jerome’s case, not originally written in Old English.
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