> Previously predominant links to Scandinavia were replaced by ones with France William the Conqueror actually was a distant but direct descendant of Rollo [1]

> Previously predominant links to Scandinavia were replaced by ones with France William the Conqueror actually was a distant but direct descendant of Rollo [1], a viking who invaded Normandy. The influence of Scandinavian language was quite strong, as many names come from scandinavian [2]. So the French William brought to England was probably still a bit scandinavian. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo [2] (French only) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymie_normande#Toponymie_normande_et_anthroponymie https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymie_normande#Toponymie_n...