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>Some of those words they brought over might still be around

A lot of those word are still around (in one form or the other). For example at least those written in italics:

The words the Germans brought came from somewhere too. They didn't just create a new set when they moved to the British Isles.

"They" is of Scandinavian origin, by the way.



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