Middle Dutch

American  

noun

1. the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. MD, M.D.

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Middle Dutch British  

noun

1.  MD.  the Dutch language from about 1100 to about 1500

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Example Sentences

At the Middle Dutch Church they pulled out the pulpit, the pews, and the floorboards and let the horses of the Light Dragoons practice.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In the tower of the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas hangs a bell, cast in Amsterdam in 1731, which for years hung in the Middle Dutch Church in Nassau Street.

From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett

The Middle Dutch language may be known from the Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, first by E. Verwys and J. Verdam, after the death of Verwys by Verdam alone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Middle Dutch � passed over through oi into ui by the influence of the Holland dialect.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

The North Dutch Church on William Street contained 800 prisoners, and there were perhaps as many in the Middle Dutch Church.

From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske