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The 31 pages that link to Old Norse, each with the reason it gives.

• Viking AgeRelated: Its words and place-names remain evidence of settlement across the British Isles.

• DanelawRelated: Contact with Old Norse speakers contributed vocabulary and grammatical influence to English.

• Prose EddaRelated: The handbook’s surviving text is written in this language.

• Danish languageRelated: Danish developed from the eastern dialects of Old Norse.

• NorsemenRelated: A shared language linked communities across distant settlements.

• Swedish languageRelated: Swedish developed from the eastern varieties of Old Norse.

• Rasmus RaskRelated: Rask studied its grammar and texts, helping establish it as a subject of systematic philology.

• SkagerrakRelated: The name Skagerrak is generally traced to Scandinavian words with Old Norse roots.

• GeysirRelated: The word Geysir derives from an Icelandic verb related to Old Norse language roots.

• History of ScotlandRelated: Norse settlement and rule left lasting marks on Scotland’s islands and northern coasts.