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🦕 If the Anglo-Saxons had invented names for Dinosaurs

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Edited by Richard Walker, Monday 4 May 2026 at 13:55

Can you match each Old English name to the right Dinosaur?

Remember Thorn þ is a 'th' sound, as in 'thin'.

Snelþēof

Brontosaurus

Þæclixca

Triceratops

Þrihornanwlite

T-Rex

Þunorlixca

Stegosaurus

Tīrlixcacyning

Velociraptor

See Comment for information on the Od English versions.

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