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- DictionaryOld Fri·sian/ˌōl(d) ˈfriZH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the Frisian language up to c. 1400, closely related to both Old English and Old Saxon.
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22 hours ago · West Frisian (Westerlauwers Fries), along with Saterland Frisian and North Frisian, evolved from the same branch of the West Germanic languages as Old English (i.e. Anglo-Frisian) and are therefore genetically more closely related to English and Scots than to Dutch. The different influences on the respective languages, however, particularly ...