Could Old English and Old Norse Speakers Understand Each Other?

Jackson Crawford and Simon Roper tackle this question and talk for an hour about languages at a far deeper level than I can follow. Believing our readers will take interest in this, I share it in ignorance.

One thought on “Could Old English and Old Norse Speakers Understand Each Other?”

  1. A lot of this was over my head, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I particularly appreciated one detail, where they suggested the connection between the Scandinavian “ønske” and the English “wish,” something I’d never guessed before.

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