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Summary

Description

The approximate extent of Old Norse and other Germanic languages in the early 10th century.

Old West Norse
Old East Norse
Old Gutnish
Old English (West Germanic)
Continental West Germanic languages, with which Old Norse still retained some mutual intelligibility (viz. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Old High German).
Crimean Gothic (East Germanic)

See also: Template:Old Norse language map - a template on the English Wikipedia containing this map and key.

Date

20 April 2005

Source

Map based on Europe plain rivers.png by Dbachmann. Data sources:

Nationalencyklopedin
The Harper Atlas of World History (ed. Vidal-Naquet) in Swedish translation: Atlas över mänsklighetens historia.
Baker, Peter. Introduction to Old English. Wiley, 2007
Haywood, John. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Penguin Books, 1995.
Rauch, Irmengard. The Old Saxon Language: Grammar, Epic Narrative, Linguistic Interference. Berkeley Univ. Press, 1992.

Author

Wiglaf, based on Europe plain rivers.png by Dbachmann.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:13, 17 October 2021	1,235 × 909 (100 KB)	Spesh531	Still needs a bit of cleanup after last update but re-adding old gutnish
	09:35, 29 September 2021	1,235 × 909 (98 KB)	Claude Zygiel	Cosmetic
	15:47, 27 November 2007	1,235 × 909 (75 KB)	Briangotts	{{en\|This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. The red area is the distribution of the dialect '''Old West Norse'''; the orange area is the spread of the dialect '''Old East Norse'''. The pink area is '''
	15:09, 4 May 2007	1,235 × 909 (38 KB)	Tene~commonswiki	Optimised (0)
	15:09, 19 April 2007	1,235 × 909 (75 KB)	Briangotts	{{no\|Utbredelsen av norrønt og beslektede språk på 900-tallet. Det røde feltet viser utbredelsen av dialekten vestnordisk, orange av østnordisk, rosa av gammalgutnisk og grønt av andre germanske språk}} {{it\|Distribuzione geografica dell'antico n
	13:55, 18 April 2007	1,235 × 909 (38 KB)	Tene~commonswiki	Optimised (0)
	13:50, 18 April 2007	1,235 × 909 (47 KB)	Tene~commonswiki	Optimised (0)
	09:23, 3 June 2005	1,235 × 909 (75 KB)	Laurens~commonswiki	From en:Image:Old norse, ca 900.PNG to support use in other language wikis. Modified map based on User:Dbachmann's blank map. {{PD}}