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