The French language up to c.1400.
Example sentencesExamples
- So determined was Joan to solve the mystery she taught herself Old French and obtained microfilm of the same Guiot manuscript Professor Kibler used for the Penguin Classic.
- The word turns up in Old French as salade and then in late 14th-century English as salad or sallet.
- ‘Demontrance’ means in Old French the act of showing as well as the object being shown.
- The word entered the English language in the late 14th century from Old French magique.
- 42 Scholars believe that three copies of the manuscript in Old French may exist, but only one is accessible.