Old Spanish

English

Noun

Old Spanish (uncountable)

1. Western Ibero-Romance language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of Modern Spanish, differentiating Spanish proper from Judæo-Spanish and Haketia.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Old Spanish.

Synonyms

• Old Castilian

Translations

the Old Spanish language

• Czech: prašpanělština f
• Danish: oldspansk n
• Dutch: Oudspaans (nl) n
• French: castillan ancien m, vieil espagnol (fr) m
• Galician: español antigo
• German: Altspanisch n
• Spanish: español medieval, castellano medieval, español antiguo, castellano antiguo (es)
• Swedish: fornspanska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Spanish terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code osp (SIL)

Anagrams

• island-hops