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Middle Low German

American  

noun

  1. Low German of the period c1100–c1500.


Middle Low German British  

noun

  1.  MLG.  Low German from about 1200 to about 1500

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Middle Low German

First recorded in 1885–90

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Rather different, however, is the idea called up by the corresponding Middle Low German modersone, which means "bastard, illegitimate child."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

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