Old Provençal

American  

noun

1. the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. OPr

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Example Sentences

This absence of the close o in the modern language has led Mistral to believe that the close o of Old Provençal was pronounced like ou in the modern dialect, which regularly represents it.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

The study of the modern language confirms the results, as regards etymology, reached by Diez and Fauriel and others, who have busied themselves with the Old Provençal.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

Unlike Mirèio, it reminds us frequently of the Chansons de geste, and we see that the author has been living in the world of the Old Provençal poets.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred