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Which event is responsible for the introduction into English of Old Norse words?

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The invasion of the Vikings
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The invasion of the Vikings

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Vikings from what is today Norway and Denmark got to some parts of Britain in the 8th century.Then a major invasion by "The great Heathen army" ended up in these vikings having control over a big part of northern Britain, until early in the 10th century. The languages were loosely related because of their germanic roots and the peoples lived amongst one another for a while and after it all happened and the norse left some words were borrowed into english.

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