Old Norwegian
noun
the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
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How to use Old Norwegian in a sentence
The word for the soft under plumage of birds is entirely different, and comes from the Old Norwegian dun, cf. dar-dun, eider-down.
This is of Old Norwegian origin, and seems to have meant “landed possessions.”
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