in 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.wikip

in 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...