Old Frisian
Appearance
Old Frisian | |
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Frīsesk | |
Region | Netherlands, Germany, Southern Denmark |
Era | 8th to 16th centuries |
Futhorc | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ofs |
ofs | |
Glottolog | oldf1241 |
Old Frisian was a language spoken between the 13th and 16th centuries, in the area between the Weser and the Zuiderzee. It is the common ancestor of most of the Frisian languages. Today, laws and deeds written in Old Frisian remain.