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Norman French

noun

  1. Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.


Norman French

noun

  1. the medieval Norman and English dialect of Old French See also Anglo-French


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Other Words From

  • Norman-French adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Norman French1

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Example Sentences

Simple, common-sense forms of expression would take the place of obsolete Latin and Norman-French.

I have copied the old English and Norman-French word for word, preserving the contractions wherever they occurred.

Then, in old Norman-French: "Tout vient apoient, quy peult attendre."

Alms is also in the singular number; being a contraction of the old Norman French, almesse, the plural of which was almesses.

Amadas et Idoine, an anonymous Norman French poem of the twelfth century.

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