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The Vikings raided, pillaged... and changed our language. Their Old Norse words invaded English and many remain to this day (I used one right there watch to find out which!). In this video, discover:
⚔ The everyday words that the Vikings gave us.
Why they stopped us confusing our eyes and our eggs.
The Old Norse place names that are still around.
The names for people that come from Old Norse.
The days of the week that we get from the Vikings.
⚧ How the Vikings are changing gender politics.
...and loads more!
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Rosetta Stone
2:09 Old Norse and Old English
3:47 Viking pronouns gender politics (nonbinary they, them, their)
4:39 Viking verbs "are", "take", "dazzle", "crawl", "guess", "trust"
5:57 Violent words
6:22 Everyday Old Norse
6:57 Shirt and skirt
8:08 Doubling up "egg" and "ey"
9:15 Old Norse place names
9:54 York gates, bars and pubs
10:29 Scottish place names
11:08 Old Norse dialect words
11:53 Viking surnames
12:37 Days of the week
13:43 Goodbye