EP12｜Viking Blood in English Veins: How Norse Words and Grammar Shaped a Language
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EP12｜Viking Blood in English Veins: How Norse Words and Grammar Shaped a Language
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Starting from the late 8th century, Vikings began showing up in England frequently. By the 9th century, these “Northern visitors” weren’t just raiding anymore—they wanted to conquer and settle. Eventually, they established a huge region in northeastern England governed by Danish law, known as the Danelaw.
It was within this Danelaw that Old Norse, the language of the Vikings, and the local Old English (Anglo-Saxon) started an unprecedented, deep blend. These two languages share the same roots and have many similarities, which made it easy for them to influence each other.
This fusion brought profound and lasting changes to English. Grammatically, Norse sped up the simplification of Old English’s complex word endings, making English easier to understand down the line. Vocabulary-wise, a flood of everyday core words like get, cut, sky, law, happy, and even the personal pronouns they, their, and them came straight from Norse and stuck around.
In today’s episode, we’ll dive deep into how the Vikings, through their Danelaw, imprinted their culture and habits onto English, embedding pirate DNA in the very grammar and vocabulary we still use today!
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