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Definition of Norman-French
1. Noun. The medieval Norman dialect of Old French.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norman-French
Literary usage of Norman-French
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"NORMAN FRENCH. A French dialect which originated in Normandy after the Scandinavian
invaders, under Rollo, had settled there •bout 911. ..."
2. A History of English Literature by William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett (1918)
"CHAPTER II THE Norman-French PERIOD THE Normans ("North-men"), a group of
Scandinavian sea-rovers who settled in northwestern France about 900, ..."
3. The French Blood in America by Lucian John Fosdick (1906)
"Brown (Norman-French, LeBrun). Bruce (Brousse, from Breux, Normandy). ...
Campbell, and Gamble (Norman- French). Campion (Prot . Bef., Norwich, 1622). ..."
4. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"But while in the south of France the light word-music held its ground, music of
thought and action seized more firmly on the Norman French. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"At his decease he left incomplete a translation of the ' Norman-French Chronicle
of the Conquest of Ireland,' which M. Michel edited from a manuscript in ..."
6. Outlines of the History of the English Language by Thomas Northcote Toller (1900)
"... the Norman Conquest slight — difference between conditions of Norman influence
and those of earlier influences — the term Norman-French — Latin in Gaul ..."
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