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The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the variety of [[Norman language|Norman]] spoken by the [[Anglo-Norman]]s, the descendants of the [[Norman]]s who ruled [[England]] following the [[Battle of Hastings|conquest]] by [[William I of England|William of Normandy]] in [[1066]]. This [[Oïl languages|langue d'oïl]] became the official language of England and later developed into the unique insular dialect now known as the Anglo-Norman language.

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An interesting question arises when one considers English vocabulary of Germanic, and specifically Scandinavian, origin. Since, although a romance language, Norman contains a significant amount of lexical material from [[Old Norse language|Norse]], some of the words introduced into England as part of Anglo-Norman were of Germanic origin. Indeed, sometimes one can identify cognates such as ''flock'' (Germanic in English exis
iting prior to the Conquest) and ''flloquet'' (Germanic in Norman). The case of the word ''mug'' demonstrates that in instances, Anglo-Norman may have reinforced certain Scandinavian elements in English. ''Mug'' had been introduced into northern English dialects by [[Viking]] settlement. The same word had been established in Normandy by the Normans (Norsemen) and was then taken over after the Conquest and established firstly in southern English dial(contracted; show full)

== External links ==
*[http://www.anglo-norman.net/ The Anglo-Norman hub - a project to produce an AN dictionary.]  Contains articles and corpus texts.

[[Category:Oïl languages]]
[[Category:Extinct languages]]

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