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What is the oldest known sentence written in Old Dutch, found in an 11th-century manuscript from Rochester?
Answer: Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan — 'Hebban olla vogala' ('All birds have begun nests'), a love poem fragment written by a Flemish monk, is the earliest surviving sentence in Old Dutch.
- A Maltho thi afrio lito
- B Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan ✓
- C Gelobistu in got
- D Ik gelove in god
'Hebban olla vogala' ('All birds have begun nests'), a love poem fragment written by a Flemish monk, is the earliest surviving sentence in Old Dutch.