Old Frisian

American  

noun

1. the Frisian language before c1500. OFris, OFris.

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Old Frisian British  

noun

1.  OFris.  the Frisian language up to about 1400

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Etymology

Origin of Old Frisian

First recorded in 1830–35

Example Sentences

Old Frisian or Old French oddments, fubsy eloquences of Middle English and exotic intrusions from the Arabic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Frisian and Dutch.—It is a current statement that the Old Frisian bears the same relation to the Modern Dutch of Holland that the Anglo-Saxon does to the English.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Such is really the case with the Old Frisian.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

His grammars of Old Frisian, Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon were unapproached in his own time, and are still admirable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Hence we have Mœso-Gothic hv�leiks; Old High German, hu�lih; Anglo-Saxon, huilic and hvilc; Old Frisian, hwelik; Danish, hvilk-en; German, welch; Scotch, whilk; English, which.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)