Definition: Written and spoken English between 1100 CE and 1500 CE. It is the language of Chaucer.
Example: The following passage is the Lord's Prayer in Middle English, taken from Wycliffe's translation of the Bible (c. 1380):
"Oure fadir that art in heuenes, halewid be thi name; thi kyndoom come to; be thi wille don in erthe as in heuene: gyue to us this dai oure breed ouer othir substaunce; and forgyue to us oure dettis, as we forgyuen to oure gettouris; and lede us not in to temptacioun, but delyuere us fro yuel."