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Old Dutch is actually a lot like Old English, they’re both sister languages. Supposedly speakers of those languages were able to (mostly) understand each other,
by vincentmarle 7y ago
Old Dutch is actually a lot like Old English, they’re both sister languages. Supposedly speakers of those languages were able to (mostly) understand each other, similarly to a dialect.
- jdminhbg 7y agoThat's Old in the sense of the first millennium AD. This is "old" in the sense of two hundred years ago. Very different.
- ori_b 7y agoOld English is not similar enough to English for English speakers to understand, so this isn't particularly helpful. https://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/hel/orosius.html https://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/hel/orosius.html https://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/hel/chron.html https://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/hel/chron.html