Old Danish

American  

noun

1. the Danish language as spoken and written from the 9th to the 14th centuries. ODan, ODan.

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Example Sentences

In Old Dutch there was "fader"; in Old Icelandic we find "faðir"; in Old High German, a precursor to modern German, it was "fater" – now "vater"; and, finally, in Old Danish, "fathær."

From Salon

The 49-year old Danish citizen, who has ties to Russia, is currently in preliminary questioning at Copenhagen city court, where it will be decided whether she will be remanded in custody, the prosecutor told Reuters.

From Reuters

The tape, featuring the song "Radio Peace", was recorded on Jan. 5, 1970 by four 16-year old Danish boys who had succeeded in getting an interview with the couple for a school magazine.

From Reuters

They remind me of an old Danish proverb, “Where there is heart space there is house space.”

From New York Times

“There was an old Danish poet,” Ullmann said, her fluent English inflected with round Norwegian vowels, “whom I interviewed in my early 20s. He and I talked about up-and-coming Danish writers. What about this writer? What about that writer? ‘This one,’ he said, ‘would be good if she wasn’t so charming. A writer ought not to be charming.’

From New York Times