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ShazzieB

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45. Interesting points!

Reply to soldierant (Reply #40)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 12:52 AM

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The Vikings definitely did get around, as we well know. It would probably take more research into the history of Norse languages than I have time for to find out if that word was adopted adopted into Old Norse from French, so I hereby declare this to be a moot point!

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