Lexicity/Franceis Old French
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Franceis Old French
Dictionaries
Resource | Description |
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The Anglo-Norman Dictionary | This is the best resource for Old French around. |
Lexique d'ancien français | The whole site is in French. |
Old French Master Glossary | Linked to a bunch of different texts. |
Old French Base Form Dictionary | Similar to the link above, but with truncated and more general forms. |
English-Old French Glossary | A very long list of words. |
Historical French Dictionaries | Going back to the 1600's, viewable all on the same page. |
A dictionary of the Norman or Old French language | Pulled from a ton of different sources; viewable online or in a PDF. |
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues | From 1611--you can download the whole thing in a giant PDF too. |
Old French Dictionary | Organized by letter, as most dictionaries are. |
English-Old French Dictionary | You can change it to Old French-English by clicking on the left side. |
Grammars
Resource | Description |
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Introduction to Old French phonology and morphology | An older book in PDF format. |
Old French Lessons | 10 lessons total, with lots of grammar available as well. |
Old French Grammar Points | Scroll down below the lessons, and then there's an index of all the grammar points. |
Old French Grammar | All in French here. |
Wikipedia Old French Grammar | Pretty decent section, with some tables. |
Charts & Aids
Resource | Description |
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Old French Tables | On many different topics. |
Old French Wikipedia Tables | Some more basic information on the language. |
Old French Verbs | A lot of different pieces of information, including irregulars. |
History of the French Language PDF | Has some nice tables, plus other topics. |
Texts
Resource | Description |
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Anglo-Norman Texts | This is a nicely-organized online database of texts. |
ARTFL-FRANTEXT | A searchable database of French texts from hundreds of years ago to today. |
Old French texts by century | From the amazing Bibliotheca Augustana. |
Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers | This was pretty much the Wikipedia of its day. |
Middle French texts | This site is in French as well. |
Medieval French Drama Database | For you lovers of Medieval French dramas! |
Internet Medieval Sourcebook | A lot of Old French texts in the original form! |
Old French Literature in Translation | PDF files of English translations. |
The Princeton Charrette Project | Dedicated to Chrétien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette. |
Old French Insults! | For that specially despised person in your life. |
ARLIMA | It's the Archives of Middle-Age Literature. |
Texts of Old French | Part of the ARTFL project as well. |
Other Resources
Resource | Description |
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Introduction to the origin of French | This is a relatively short PDF with some into information. |
Origins of French | A more comprehensive look than the link above. |
A history of the French language | All in French. |