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Old Low German
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English
Alternative forms
en OLG
Etymology
en de Altniederdeutsch.
Proper noun
Old Low German
a grouping of continental West Germanic, not affected by the High German consonant shift, spoken before the 12th century; depending on the definition specifically
Old Saxon and Old Low Franconian combined
en The most important isogloss dividing Old Low German is the plural conjugation of the verb.
2021, Agnes Jäger, George Walkden, West Germanic, p. 281; in: Götz Keydana, Wolfgang Hock, Paul Widmer (eds.), Comparison and Gradation in Indo-European, p. 281ff.:
In particular, we will cover Old High German (OHG), Old Low German (OLG, including Old Saxon/OS and Old Low Franconian/OLFr, sometimes also referred to as Old Dutch), Old English (OE), and Old Frisian (OFri).
a Franconian-influenced form of Old Saxon that is at the basis of Middle Low German, distinct from “classical” Old Saxon e.g. in its treatment of the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law (pure osx ōðar vs. Old Low German osx andar)
en Old Low German developed after the Frankish subjection of the Saxons.
Meronyms
en Old Low Franconian
en Old Dutch
en Old Saxon
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 古低地德語
Dutch: nl Oudnederduits n
Georgian: ka ძველი ქვემოგერმანული
German: de Altniederdeutsch n
Polish: pl język starodolnoniemiecki m-in
See also
en Old High German
en Languages
en retronyms