Old Low German

noun

1. the language of the German lowlands before c1100. : OLG, O.L.G.

Old Low German

noun

1. the Saxon and Low Franconian dialects of German up to about 1200; the old form of modern Low German and Dutch OLG

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Low German¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Bill, you see, in old low German or Saxon, was a "law" which had been confirmed by the whole assembly of the people; and the man who proposed these laws, and when they were confirmed had the charge of seeing that they were not transgressed, was called the Billing.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other hand, commerce has introduced a great many words from the old Low German dialects of the North Sea and the Baltic.

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There are also some curious verses concerning a mystical Dürre Bom quoted by Fabricius from an old Low German Poem; and we may just allude to that other mystic Arbor Secco of Dante—     —"una pianta dispogliata   Di fiori e d'altra fronda in ciascun ramo," though the dark symbolism in the latter case seems to have a different bearing.

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