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 • Jun. 18, 2022

When I use the term Old Danish I mean that dialect of Old Scandinavian, or Old Northern, that developed on Danish soil.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

"Old Danish songs that I picked up on the quai in Paris for a franc or two," replied Miss Madden.

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold

In the second period, that of Old Danish, bringing us down to 1400, the change of the system of vowels begins to be settled, and masculine and feminine are mingled in a common gender.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various