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Isn't it more like Old Norse and Old English, re: the number of basic English words that come from Old Norse[0]? The Norman influence appears to largely influen
by imbnwa 3y ago
Isn't it more like Old Norse and Old English, re: the number of basic English words that come from Old Norse[0]? The Norman influence appears to largely influence abstract domains like law, governance, and academia with the exception of the well-known culinary distinctions.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_Norse_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_N...
- masklinn 3y agoAt its largest extent the Danelaw covered only about half of england, and it lasted around a century before the Kingdom of Wessex conquered first the other remaining Anglo-saxon kingdoms, then retook the Danelaw, and created a unified Kingdom of England.
- ycombinete 3y agoNo, the Norse influence is small relative to Norman. Something like 30% of modern English is Norman-French derived, with thousands of direct cognates. History is rarely simple though! The Normans themselves were a hybrid of Viking settlers and locals. So it's likely that quite a few of those French words we absorbed into English have Old Norse roots.
- OnlyMortal 3y agoThere’s plenty of old Norse in use for places in Yorkshire. The dialect has words too such as, “ta” (thanks). It’s similar to the Danish word, “tak”.