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Old Dutch
noun
the Dutch language before c1100. OD, OD., O.D.
Old Dutch
noun
OD.the Dutch language up to about 1100, derived from the Low Franconian dialect of Old Low German See also Franconian
Example Sentences
Last month Virgil van Dijk made a secret visit to his old Dutch club Willem II to bring back a youth football tournament.
“It’s gone all the way back to old Dutch days.”
You walk around, you can still find old Dutch houses around.
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."
Indeed, had the big reveal been "I am your fader" it would have made a nice play on the heavy-breathing villain's name with a nod to an old Dutch term for "father."
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