Old French Reading Group

Convenor

Professor Véronique Duché: room 511, Babel.

To be added to the mailing list for notices please email Andrew Stephenson: andrewws@unimelb.edu.au.

Meetings

The Group meets from 5:00-6:00, generally on the first and third Mondays of the month.

Next meeting: Monday September 23rd.

Venue: Room 511, Babel Building.

We will conclude the anonymous lai Guingamor from line 549, "Amis," fet ele, "vos l'avrez ..." An online text is available and an English translation.

Please remember that no experience with French or Old French is necessary!

Resources

• The ATILF Dictionnaire (Moyen Français), with a Chrétien appendix
• Online dictionaries:
  • The Anglo-Norman Dictionary (English)
  • Le Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (French)
  • ATILF (French) slightly later, but still good
• University of Texas Old French Online, including grammar summaries and parsed extracts from various Old French texts

Set of resources online supplied by Trinity College Dublin: The Joys of Old French web page.

Also, the Wikipedia Old French Grammar web page.