Old English alphabet has SIX ‘lost letters’ that have vanished from our language Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter Published: 17:29, 14 Sep 2020 Updated: 17:29, 14 ...

Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. With the author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Show more ...

THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost as centuries went by. While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six cha… ...