Old Frisian

Speech parts

1. Old Frisian - Noun

2. Old Frisian - Proper noun

Meaning

the Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia

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Examples

In the more southern languages (Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Saxon), forms that lost -i often show no umlaut, but in the more northern languages (Old English, Old Frisian), the forms do. Source: Internet

Old English and Old Frisian tunne, Old High German and Medieval Latin tunna, German and French tonne) to designate a large cask, or tun. citation A full tun, standing about a metre high, could easily weigh a tonne. Source: Internet

Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian horning (Anglo-Saxon hornung-sunu, Old Norse hornungr) meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months. Source: Internet

The word mete also exists in Old Frisian (and to a lesser extent, modern West Frisian ) to denote important food, differentiating it from swiets (sweets) and dierfied (animal feed). Source: Internet

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