HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

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 English and
Danish
1. The anglo-saxon written
tradition
2. English in the Danelaw
3. Norse influence on english
 THE ANGLO-SAXON WRITTEN
TRADITION
Much discussion has centred on whether English and Danish were mutually
intelligible in the Danelaw. The assumption behind the discussion is that if
they were not mutually intelligible, they could be regarded as distinct
languages. view of Old English is largely determined by the official
language that developed in Wessex after the Norse incursions, and our
view of Norse is largely determined by the texts of the sagas written in
thirteenth-century Iceland. The comparison of written Late West Saxon
and written Old Icelandic does not give us a very clear view of spoken
Anglo-Danish contact in the Danelaw in the ninthcentury. In fact, such a
comparison exaggerates the differences.
 English in the danelaw

The survival of Norse varied in different parts of Britain according to

different patterns of settlement. The key factors are the status of the
settlements, and the distribution of the immigrant population.

In the north west and islands of Scotland, Norse — or Norn — was

spoken almost until the present century. Orkney and Shetland were
Norwegianpossessions until they were pledged to Scotland in the 1460s,
and the legalright of Norway was still recognized in 1667 (Geipel, 1971:
53-4).
The kingdom of York, by contrast, was a centre of
communication. It was established in the southern part
of Northumbria, and the new rulers would have been
able to make use of the existing network of
communica_x0002_tion on land. By sea it was
connected to the international trade routes operated by
the Danes. Third, it was an ecclesiastical centre, with
its own archbishop.
 Norse influence on english

Norse influenced English in many different ways in vocabulary,

grammar, pronunciation and everyday expressions. The Norse area
included the east midlands, which was later to be of importance in the
development of Standard English, and in this way a number of modem
standard forms derive from the usage of the Danelaw rather than England
under the control of Wessex. There are even indications of a southward
movement of linguistic influence, presumably from York.
 Here”s the influence of
norse on the english
languange

1. Vocabulary
2. pronounciation
3. Grammar
4. Norse in english dialect
Examples of vocabulary similarities found in English, Danish
and German in the form of words, sentences and readings

English German Danish

Huge/ Hiuj Groß/ Gros Stor/ Stoa

Good/ Gewd Gut/ Gut Godt/ Gats

Long/ Long Long/ Long Lang/ Lang

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