How the Vikings influenced modern English language
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2021
- Everyday English language is heavily influenced by Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. But why is that? In this episode I explain to you the history behind this, and give you some examples on modern day English words with Old Norse origin.
I hope you enjoyed this video!
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Tusen Takk Pål it is so fascinating to learn about language origins & their metamorphosis
Tusen takk to you for watching the episode. I find language origins very fascinating as well!
Pål, you always come up with interesting topic. Amazing lesson in history of English language. Thanks.
Thank you Rachel! Glad you found it interesting :)
I second Rachel Pare's comments. Pal you have a wealth of information and I appreciate you sharing it.
Tusen takk John!
I live in North East England, where the Vikings first landed and raided Lindisfarne monastery. People in the NE still use words that are a lot closer to Scandinavian. Words like:
Yem = Home
Bairn = Child
Hinny = Wife, Woman
Lang = Long
Thursday can get pronounced as Thorsda.
I am sure there are more examples. They do sound similar to modern Danish.
People from southern England would not understand these words.
Hey that’s interesting to see those words! Thanks for sharing. It’s striking how similar they are to the Scandinavian languages. I went to Lindisfarne a few years ago. Beautiful area!
@@norwaywithpal Hi that is really interesting, I first went on a school trip many years ago but there was no mention of the Vikings it was more about the religious significance of the place. In the UK, York is the best place to learn about the Vikings as they have a museum called Jorvik which is very popular. Visited Norway this year, went to Bergen, nice place, shame about the weather, it rained every day, and the price of the beer 🤯. Went into a department store and said have got anything Norwegian for a souvenir to take home, the Lady said "this is Norway, we have oil, we don't make anything" and then something about a cheese grater.
D hende [hen*-ne] / N henne /
S henna = her (!)
Thanks Pal. That is very interesting!!! I had NO idea that so many English words have come from Old Norse!!!
You welcome Louise! Yea it's very fascinating how the old Norse influenced English :o
Este video me ayudó bastante en mi exposición sobre los vikingos ❤
Me alegró saber eso:)
Thank you, Pål - another very interesting and informative video with a list of words! Faroese, the language spoken on the Faroe Islands, is considered to be the closest to the Old Norwegian language. Some scholars in the field of the English language specializing in Old English language and grammar visit the Faroe Islands in attempt to learn better how the Norse has influenced English. The origin of names of some British towns clearly shows that they were founded or renamed by Vikings. Grimsby on the northern English coast is a good example.
Varvara, Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! Interesting to know about the Faraoese language being so close to Old Norwegian. I've read that Faraoese is quite similar to Icelandic, at least in written form. Kind of same as Norwegian and Danish. Easy for us to read, but hard to understand danes when they speak
Awesome video pål. I am fascinated by all this. I'm from northern england and this was the place where the raids all kicked off. We have lots of strong links to scandinavia, from medical conditions and what I suspect is even deeper language connections than purely in the literary sense. For example, we call children "bairns" or bairn as a single child. We often refer to a house as a "hoos" (i.e. hus).
If someone says for example "someone did xyz!" We don't say 'why?' Or 'why did they do that'... we say "what for?" I.e. - hvorfor.
Also, for expensive, we commonly say "thats so dear" i.e. dyr. Most of this is considered slang the further south you go. Pretty interesting stuff :)
Hei plunder clat, thanks for watching my video. Yes it is quite amazing how many strong links we have. hah, I did not know about "what for" and "dear". Btw. I'm just watching the Last Kingdom, the danes really had quite a big part of England back then. Danelagen.
@@norwaywithpal jeg begynte for å lære norsk i 11 måned siden. Jeg vil besøk norge på ferie. Også vil jeg besøk familen min i Sandefjord. Jeg skriver uten oversettelse så unnskyld min dårlig språk :D de tingene jag har lært er veldig interessant. Hooe that makes sense haha. Check out depuytrens contracture. Its a condition unique to primarily white Scandinavian men, northern English and Scottish. We have that in our family unfortunately and a lot of us are guitarists! Do'h
@@norwaywithpal Something else that might interest you is the way certain people in Ireland breath in when they're making sort-of, verbal acknowledgments to someone they're listening to. I know they do this in Norway, unsure about Swe or Denmark.
@@plunderclat221 depuytrens contracture, I think that's what is called the "Viking claw", from holding the sword ;) Kult at du lærer norsk!
@@plunderclat221 Cool! Yea this is very typical for Norway, sometimes when we say ja... But breathe in, sort of like an acknowledgment, jahh, I hear you :)
Really interesting, thanks!
Thanks for watching Sue!
Very interesting facts. I always knew the days of the week were influenced by the viking gods. Thanks for the shared knowledge of vocabulary.
The Anglo-Saxons had the same Gods - just spelled and pronounced a little differently - , so they probably already also had similar names for the days of the week, when the Viking settlers started arriving.
D & N mandag [ D man-day(gh)] / S måndag = Monday
( "Moonday", måne [moan-e] = moon, D måned [moan-eð] = month ! )
D & N tirsdag [ D teers-day(gh)] /
S tisdag [tees-dA(w)g] = Tuesday
( Tyr's / Tew's day - god of war )
D, N & S onsdag = Wednesday
( "Odin's / Woden's day", even pronounced [wons-dauwgh !!! ] in some West Jutish dialects in DK ).
D, N & S torsdag = Thursday
( "Thor's day" - war of thunder etc. )
D, N & S fredag = Friday
( "Frey's or Freya's day - god & goddess of fertility )
D & N Lørdag [ D lur-daygh ] /
S lördag = Saturday
( thought to mean" washing day" 😂)
D & N søndag [ D s'oe'n-daygh] / S söndag = Sunday
( "Day of the Sun" )
OE dæg [daig] / D, N & S = day
What a wonderful video! 🙌
Thank you!!
My spouse and I LOVE language and etymology, so dette er fantastisk!
P.S. We watch a lot of Scandi and Nordic TV/films, but I couldn't get into 'Beforeigners'. My other half really enjoyed it, however, but he's a sci-fi fan.
Glad you enjoyed the episode!
I actually started watching Beforeigners, but never finished it. Not my favorite. Have you watched Beck and Wallander? Those are definitely two of my favorite Scandi series. Borgen is also really good.
@@norwaywithpal Yes, we watched the original Wallander. Do you mean the Martin Beck series? If so, my spouse has definitely listened to the radio plays (English adaptation) but I'm not sure if si has. Thanks for the tip for Borgen! My other half won't watch it as it looks courtroom-heavy, but I'll like it, I'm sure. 👍
@@twelvesmylimit yep Martin Beck! Enjoy Borgen! And if you want something with more action check out Snabba Cash (Swedish)
Haha, amazing. You are onto something great with your channel. This is actually really nice. I know some of the old Viking story’s and the old Norse, but i did not now that much about the Dane rules etc in England. I have to look more into this. Thank you for inspiring my curiosity Pål ✌️🔥 cheers
You welcome! Yea the Danes were a pain in bu*@ for many many years to the English kings. I can recommend reading the book Hvitekrist by Tore Skeie about the viking age during Olav Haraldsson. A really good one! Thanks for your comment :D God Søndag
@@norwaywithpal well i have a couple of Dane friends today, and some could argue that they still are a huge pain in the ass for many 😂 Joke aside, I’m quite amazed how good our relationship is with the DK in our age. I will take a closer look at the book you mentioned. Thank you for the tip, and keep up this great work. I really enjoy it. Skål 🍻 (Ja jeg har ferie) 😂
@@tshansen heheh, I'm 1/4 danish btw so be careful what you say about danes ;)
Enjoy your vacation! Looks like it is even sunny in Bergen these days, so you timed it well then :) Skål!
Hahaha, who would have guessed 🔥 I’m ¼ sami so i am allowed to say stuff other can’t 😆 Yeah, finally we got some summer here as well. I’m enjoying every second of it mate.
Not for much longer 😂
Was not the first Viking attack on England one from Norway? Because Germany attacked Danmark, so Norwegians proetected the Danish Viking brothers with an attack on munchs.. A Church.. I think this is even in the Icelandic saga.
Hei Geir, the story says that the first documented Viking attack was on the monastery of Lindisfarne in 793. But as far as I know we know little about the origin of these Vikings, but they were believed to come from what is today Norway. One of the surviving munchs wrote down the story
Norwegian is said to be the easiest foreign tongue for English speakers to learn.
That might be true 👍
The grammar is nearly the same and there are more than a few words with some likeness to each other.
Heathen-Heithinn-Heiden ("heathens" in German)
Interesting the similarities!
I was learning Norwegian for a bit but it got to confusing because of the similarities and I get in touch with my Swedish friend so, I decided to stick with just Swedish and Russian for now. Also, when, I got into learning Swedish, it got more apparent to how different the languages are. I think, it's like most languages. It is closer in people's mind's than reality. For example, Swedish "Anger", Arga. "Cake/Cookie" Kaka (the same here). "Weak" Svag. "Wrong" Fel. And "Egg" Ägg. Same with Russian and Ukrainian. I have been learning Russian on and off for years. I can pick out some words in Ukrainian but not a lot.
I grew up hearing Swedish and Danish, so yes, I tend to underestimate how different they sounds to new “Scandinavian speaker”.. I especially realize this with my Canadian girlfriend who speaks fluent Norwegian but really struggles with Swedish
@@norwaywithpal Well, with time she would get used to Swedish it takes time. Some people can’t fathom how, I can find Russian easier than Swedish a lot of the time. They are like, “Russian is so hard!” And “Swedish is so much closer to English.” It’s all about time and exposure to the language. I started learning Russian near mid high school and on and off for a decade but I quit Swedish because of lack of available resources at the time. However, more resources are available to learn Swedish now and I got re-connected with an old Swedish friend so that’s why I started learning again.
Side Note: I am also Canadian. I grew up learning English and some French but it is rusty at best.
The plundering did happen but modern century media over did it. From what, I researched the real reasons that the Vikings left Scandinavia was food, resources, and survival. The media made Vikings out to be blood thirty but it was only a few small groups. Many would talk to rulers of these foreign lands and make agreements but many of these leaders would not honour their commitments so the Vikings would leave and come back with forces.
Yes you are right. It’s important to place the Vikings into their time context. These were the dark ages in Europe, and much plundering and pillaging did happen all over
Is the word Salmon from Viking? ( Saumon) thank you 11 June 2022
I dont think so.. it comes most likely from latin, salmonem
@@norwaywithpal Thank you , at first i'm surely think that because of Scandinavian Salmon ( Saumon ) Norway Sweden Denmark... something like that .
No, but "laks" [lAks] is, which is the close cognate "lax" (salmon) in (older?) English - or in dialects of English.