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Old Low German

Old Low German proper noun: old Saxon and Old Low Franconian combined.

Proper noun

Old Low German

  1. Old Saxon and Old Low Franconian combined
    • The most important isogloss dividing Old Low German is the plural conjugation of the verb.
    • 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).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.
  2. 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 Old Saxon ōðar vs. Old Low German andar)
    • Old Low German developed after the Frankish subjection of the Saxons.

Forms of Old Low German

alternative formOLG

Origin of Old Low German

Calque of German Altniederdeutsch.

Questions about Old Low German

What does Old Low German mean?
Old Low German means old Saxon and Old Low Franconian combined.
What part of speech is Old Low German?
Old Low German is a proper noun.

Words near Old Low German in the dictionary

  1. Old Linslade
  2. Old Lithuanian
  3. Old London Town
  4. old long syne
  5. Old Low Franconian
  6. Old Low German
  7. Old Lyme
  8. Old Macedonian
  9. old maid
  10. old maid's bonnet
  11. old maid's bonnets

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