Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The French language from the 800s to around the end of the 1500s.
- noun The French language from the 800s to around the middle of the 1300s, when considered distinct from Middle French.
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- proper noun The
French language asspoken orwritten from the 9th to the early 14thcentury .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
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Examples
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Gillian Polack 3:05 pm: I can insult people in Old French and puzzle out Latin documents still, but I use my
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Such a change is interestingly reminiscent of a similar development in Old French where word-final /l/ became velarized to a 'dark l' which most English speakers are familiar with.
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Such a change is interestingly reminiscent of a similar development in Old French where word-final /l/ became velarized to a 'dark l' which most English speakers are familiar with.
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She's actually singing in Old French as it was spoken around the year 1300.
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According to my dictionary, Middle English : from Old French rene, based on Latin retinere ‘retain.’
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The Song of Roland I could trust my memory for - from now on I don't trust anything except my capacity to insult people in Old French.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006
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I will tell you about Old French epic legend introductions tomorrow from a writer's point of view - not a rehash of my doctorate and romances the day after.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006
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On the other hand, he could not be rude to people in Old French.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2005
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Seemingly the spelling system is recently devised and tries to be phonetic -- "ki" looks odd but it's phonetic and I've even seen it in Old French.
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-- These were the poets of Northern France, who composed in the _Langue d 'Oil_, or Old French tongue.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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