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23 posted on 02/12/2014 8:01:33 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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Common English Words of Old Norse Origin

BY THORNEWS on NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Did you know that “cake”, “egg”, “fellow”, “gun”, “happy”, “husband” and many other words used in the English vocabulary is of Old Norse origin? The reason is the Viking colonization of eastern and northern England between 900 and 1100 AD.

http://thornews.com/2013/11/17/common-english-words-of-old-norse-origin/

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