LL-L "Resources" 2002.10.19 (02) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2002.10.16 (04) [E]

> From: Veturlidi Oskarsson <veturlidi.oskarsson at nordiska.uu.se>
> Subject: Old Frisian
>
> Hello,
>
> I am new on the list and don't know what you have been discussing, so I
> might be asking something that already has been answered. I wanted to
> ask
> if anybody could tell me about the sources to Old Frisian. In
> dictionaries,
> the period of Old Frisian is usually 1270-1500. But are there no older
> sources to the Frisian language than from the late 13th century?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Veturlidi Oskarsson, University of Uppsala

Dear Veturlidi

Perhaps this  is a more complex problem that one might imagine.
The frisians were  a well known people long before the 13th century.
But they  did not alwaeys live in the same area's as they do now.
Shouldn't we look in other regions to find more?

Greatings
Luc Vanbrabant
Oekene

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