I mean yeah, like half of the English words are just morphed old Norse
Well it’s not Anglo-Saxon, it’s Old English. Anglo-Saxon is not a commonly used term at the time, only used in some law codes. Anyway, there’s a lot written on Beowulf and it’s not my specialty but it’s basically a heroic past. The English still felt a connection 1/2
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With their perceived origins. Now, I’m of the opinion that it was written in the 8th or 9th centuries for various reasons that are hard to get into but possibly it was based on older stories. But it is not the only OE tale set in a heroic past, Widsith is similar in that regard.
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Part of their ethnogenesis or origin of the peoples is based on them moving to Britain from the continent, and even if this is inaccurate (given the migration/invasion was likely very small numbers of people and not only from Anglia, Saxony, Jutland) that was what they thought.
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Now curious to know where the term ”Äng/Eng” i.e ”Meadow” originates from (do you happen to know?) Ängel = Angel
Was christianity already so predominent in Norse tribes by the time the term Enga Londe/England originated?