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The 11 pages that link to Old French, each with the reason it gives.

• French languageBroader topic: Its documents show French emerging as a distinct language from Gallo-Romance.

• Medieval LatinCompared with: It shows how a Romance vernacular developed alongside the learned Latin of medieval texts.

• Chanson de gesteNarrower topic: The poems were composed in the language’s medieval forms.

• Oaths of StrasbourgNarrower topic: Louis’s followers heard his oath in an early Romance vernacular.

• William of RubruckRelated: Rubruck composed his report in French, later translated into Latin.

• Roman de la RoseRelated: The poem’s language belongs to the literary culture of medieval northern France.

• Lancelot-Grail CycleNarrower topic: The cycle’s language connects its prose to the literary culture of medieval France.

• Middle FrenchNarrower topic: Its regional varieties and inherited forms supplied the starting point for Middle French.

• French of FranceBroader topic: It is an earlier form from which modern French developed.

• KerchiefRelated: English kerchief ultimately derives from Old French couvrechief, meaning head covering.

• RobertRelated: The Norman French form Robert helped carry the name into English.