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The Viking Linguistic HeritageMany Vikings settled in European countries outside Scandinavia where they soon adopted the local languages, but many words from the Viking language (Old Norse) also became 'loan words' in the language of their 'host' country. EnglandA Viking Standard English Dictionary
Viking words in the Yorkshire Dialect
Normandy, France
The Yorkshire - Normandy linkSome of the most important regions for Viking settlement were northern and
eastern England and Normandy, in France, explaining surprising similarities
between, for example, some Yorkshire and Norman dialect words.
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