It started from a wiki site for Middle English describing frog that had since been taken down. Middle English was basically old English from from c. 1150 to c. 1470.
A frogge biþ a smal beaste wiþ foure leggys, whyche liueþ booþ in watyre and on londe. It is broune or grene or yelowe, or be it tropyckal, he may haue dyuers coloures. It haþ longys and guilles booþe. It haccheþ from an ey and it þan ys a tadpolle. It groweþ to ben a frogge, if it þan ne be noght eten. Modern translation
A frog is a small beast with four legs, which lives both in water and on land. It is brown, green, yellow, or, be it tropical, it may have diverse colours. It has both lungs and gills. It hatches from an egg, and it then is a tadpole. It grows to be a frog, if it is not eaten.