This dialect was spoken at the end of the ninth - the first half of the tenth century

The translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History is written in this dialect

As well as Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Works by Alfred himself, such as the translation of the Pastoral Care, were written in this dialect

The texts contain a great deal of variation

They display dialect mixture (especially from Mercian), personal variation, and scribal inconsistency

There is no sign of any real attempt to produce a consistent, universally standardized form of expression