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The region in question is where the eastern Goths lived: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths and they ke
by retrac 2y ago
The region in question is where the eastern Goths lived: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths and they kept speaking Gothic until at least the 1700s in pockets.
Old English was probably still close enough to Gothic at that time as to be somewhat mutually intelligible - at most a gap similar to Dutch and German today. They may have integrated into local society more easily than it seems they would at first glance.
(This is speculative. There's nothing particular to support this other than coincidence in timing and geography.)
- fsckboy 2y agoin the period of Viking migration which is essentially contemporaneous, there would have been a fresh infusion of "Danes" in the Black Sea area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_expansion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_expansion and in terms of communication, there is that Danish linguist who has a pretty good argument in favor of middle and modern English being more heavily influenced by Danish grammar than Anglo Saxon. Although these were Anglo Saxons, the influence/familiarity with Danish might have been well established https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZV1BOcGiV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZV1BOcGiV0 (audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBio7c95QQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBio7c95QQE https://partner.sciencenorway.no/forskningno-history-language/english-is-a-scandinavian-language/1379829 https://partner.sciencenorway.no/forskningno-history-languag...