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Terminology for varieties of West Norse is vexed. Old Icelandic & Old Norwegian
are sometimes called Old West Norse, with Danish and Swdish being Old East
Norse. Other sources refer to Old Icelandic as Old Norse.
Yiddish
Yiddish is a contemporary descendant of Middle High German which existed in
two main dialects, West Yiddish and East Yiddish. It developed in Germany in
approximately 1050 CE and spread eastward into Poland and Russia. It contains an
admixture
of German, Romance, Hebrew-Aramaic, and Slavic. West Yiddish is
said to be extinct. Eastern Yiddish is spoken in Israel, the United States, Latin
America, and Russia.
Number of Speakers (2000): 20 million.
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West Germanic
English / Old English (11th c.)
Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum;
Si þin
nama gehalgod
to becume þin rice
gewurþe ðin willa
on eorðan swa swa on heofonum.
urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us todæg
and forgyf us ure gyltas
swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum
and ne gelæd þu us on costnunge
ac alys us of yfele soþlice.
(Corpus Christi College MS 140, ed. Liuzza (1994))
Frisian
Us Heit yn 'e himel,
lit
jo namme hillige wurde,
lit jo keninkryk komme,
Lit jo
wil dien wurde
op ierde likegoed as yn 'e himel.
Jou ús hjoed ús deistich brea
en ferjou ús ús skulden
sa't wy ús skuldners ek ferjûn hawwe;
en lit ús
net yn fersiking komme,
mar ferlos ús fan 'e kweade;
[want jowes is it keninkryk
en de krêft
en de hearlikheid
oant yn ivichheid. Amen.]
(
Bibel: út de oarspronklike talen op' e nij yn it Frysk oerset
, 1995)
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