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The Scandinavian invasions of Britain occurred from 787 to 1041. Major events included attacks on the monasteries at Lindisfarne and Jarrow in 787, and the establishment of the Danelaw in the northeast under the Danish king Guthrum in 850 per the Treaty of Wedmore with King Alfred. Over 300 years the Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons intermingled, facilitating the fusion of their similar languages and the emergence of pidginized English. Scandinavian influence can be seen on all levels of English, including ov
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- English Tutors
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