Question

Write a note on the Danish element in old english

Answer 1

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Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status.[6] Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas,

Answer 2

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The word 'viking' in Norse means sea traveller and warrior, and Old English texts treat them as pirates and pillagers, but by their invasions, settlements and kingdom creation, they were doing no more than the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had done before them.