What is Old Frisian?
{{Infobox language | name = Old Frisian | region = [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Southern Denmark]] | era = 8th to 16th centuries | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | fam4 = [[Ingvaeonic languages|Ingvaeonic]] | fam5 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]] | script = [[Anglo-Saxon runes|Futhorc]] | iso3 = ofs | glotto = oldf1241 | glottorefname = Old Frisian | linglist = ofs | notice = IPA | nativename = ''{{lang|ofs|Frīsesk}}'' }} '''Old Frisian''' was a language spoken between the 13th and 16th centuries, in the area between the [[Weser]] and the [[Zuiderzee]]. It is the common ancestor of most of the [[Frisian languages]]. Today, [[law]]s and [[deed]]s written in Old Frisian remain. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Frisian languages]]