Earliest recorded Germanic languages

approximate dates, AD

early runic 200–600

Gothic 350

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) 700–1050

Old High German 750–1050

Old Saxon (Old Low German) 850–1050

Old Norwegian 1150–1450

Old Icelandic 1150–1500*

Middle Netherlandic 1170–1500*

Old Danish 1250–1500*

Old Swedish 1250–1500*

Old Frisian 1300–1500*

*Standard cutoff date for beginnings of modern Germanic languages.