Old Dutch

American  

noun

1. the Dutch language before c1100. OD, OD., O.D.

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Old Dutch British  

noun

1.  OD.  the Dutch language up to about 1100, derived from the Low Franconian dialect of Old Low German See also Franconian

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Example Sentences

The company, founded in New York City five years ago, picked the name because Bowery comes from an old Dutch word meaning farm.

From New York Times

“We have few sources for the eighteenth century in which enslaved people actually speak,” she writes, “and here were their voices captured in old Dutch.”

From Los Angeles Times

But while Vallotton was attuned to the radical currents in fin-de-siècle French art, he also was temperamentally an aesthetic conservative, an observer alert to the hypocrisies of society, and an artist as comfortable with the polished brushwork and precisely realistic renderings of old Dutch paintings as he was with the more emotionally volatile and abstract currents of his peers.

From Washington Post

Stroll through the lanes of Fort Kochi with stops at David Hall Art Gallery, housed in an old Dutch house where you’ll find everything from exhibitions by global artists to book readings to Sufi devotional music, and Kashi Art Cafe, a gallery-cafe that supports emerging artists.

From New York Times

In December, you can catch Mr. Kruk, having swapped the tricorn for a red top hat adorned with a sprig of holly, performing his version of “A Christmas Carol” in the Old Dutch Church.

From New York Times