There was a movement in 19th century American literature where authors avoided words with French origins to "purify" the language. That's why in that era, you'd for example see "foreword" or "preface" instead of "introduction".

For your information, you're confusing "Old English" with something more modern, relatively of course, like "Middle English".

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And ic cyðe eow, þæt ic wylle beon hold hlaford and unswicende to godes gerihtum and to rihtre woroldlage.

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