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Before that they had mostly gone native and become French first.
by Sharlin 4y ago
Before that they had mostly gone native and become French first.
- century19 4y agoVery true, effectively French speaking Vikings. Who changed the English language to include lots of French. We can see the fingerprints in the way food is named: pork/pig, beef/cow, etc. The French word was used when serving the Normans at the table, and the English word was used in the field.
- Tagbert 4y agoThat was the later “Normans” who were Norse that invaded the area of France and learned French. They invaded England a couple of hundred years after the original Norse invasions.