langue d'oïl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of langue d'oïl
1695–1705; < French: language of oïl ( Old French; compare French oui ), yes < Latin hōc ille ( fēcit ) this he (did)
Example Sentences
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Two languages, the langue d'oc and the langue d'oïl, gave birth to two separate species of poetry.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
This, the langue d'oïl, became at length the French language.
From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
With the langue d'oïl came the Chansons de Geste of the Carolingian Cycle and the romances of the Arthurian legend.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
The northern tongue, the langue d'oïl, shows us—in actually known existence, or by reasonable inference that it existed—the national epic or chanson de geste; the southern, or langue d'oc, gives us the Provençal lyric.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
The first essays in Italian composition for a lettered public were translations from works already written by Italians in langue d'oïl.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
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