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Thread #166858 Message #4017316
Posted By: GUEST,Pseudonymous
05-Nov-19 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Rumpelstiltskin, thousands of years old?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Rumpelstiltskin, thousands of years old?

Well English is linked with 'Danish' twice over, via the Angles and via the Vikings.

http://bakerdesign.com/bakerhistory/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Saxons-and-Vikings-map.jpg

Haven't dipped into Crystal on the English Language recently, but I believe that Old Norse and Old English have a lot in common.