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> not 'French', Norman was a sister to Old French that looks more like Vulgar Latin

I mean, at that point in time it might as well be "French", right? Obviously not modern French, but an ancestor (or uncle?) thereof.

I've done quite a bit of (amateur/casual) reading into the histories of English and Norse languages, but the Norman part I haven't exactly dug into yet (beyond exactly how it influenced modern English and induced a lot of the differences from Old and Middle English) so now my curiosity's a bit piqued.