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by Steve44 685 days ago
Yes I think Northern Europe has been quite a mixing pot for a while hence so many common links.

The Vikings first settled in Ireland in about 800 AD so presumably the languages were mixing and evolving.

Your list would be interesting, go for it.

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Most of the common links between Nordic languages and English is because English is a Germanic language, but subsequent transfer also certainly happened.