Old Dutch

English Proper noun Old Dutch A branch of Old Low Franconian, with a Frisian substrate, spoken and written during the Middle Ages (c. 9th to 12th century) in the Netherlands and the northern part of present-day Belgium, as well as in areas of northern France along the North Sea coast and adjoining Belgium. This language represents the first attested stage of the Dutch language and its dialects, being succeeded by Middle Dutch in the later Middle Ages. en 1989 Hans Frede Nielsen The Germanic Languages: Origins and Early Dialectal Interrelations The University of Alabama Press 2f The earliest extant material in Old Low Franconian (or Old Dutch) is from the 9th century (psalm fragments translated in or around the south of Limburg, i.e. the south-east corner of the Netherlands). en 1998 Hans Frede Nielsen The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154 Odense University Press 43 The earliest extant material in Old Dutch (or Old Low Franconian) is from the ninth century (psalm fragments translated in or around the south of Limburg, i.e. the south-east corner of the Netherlands). Synonyms en Old West Low Franconian Holonyms en Old Low Franconian Translations language Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 古荷蘭語 Dutch: nl Oudnederlands n Finnish: fi muinaishollanti French: fr vieux néerlandais m Galician: gl neerlandés antigo m German: de Altniederländisch n Polish: pl język staroholenderski m-in Portuguese: pt holandês antigo m Swedish: sv fornnederländska c See also odt Further reading 1 odt en Belgium Languages Netherlands en retronyms