as an independent kingdom, by 883AD Ceolwulf had been replaced by Ethelred II (Ethelred), an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who managed to break ties with the
Danelaw and form an alliance with King Alfred.
It seems more likely that Norse only initially served as superstrate within the
Danelaw, if at all, but that during the Early Middle English period this gave way to an adstratal relationship (cf.
In the ninth and tenth centuries, Scandinavian law (
Danelaw) governed parts of England.
DANELAW: Stuart Pearce has ruled that Andy Carroll travel to Denmark for the European Under-21 Championships
(46) Not least the borderland between England and Scotland--old
Danelaw territory--was rich in legends, romances and folklore that were assigned Scandinavian origins.
Members, above, danced to the music of Robert Whitehead and the
Danelaw Band from Northumberland.
The battle in 910 secured the English nation's future in slaughtering the Danish Vikings and sending them, much weakened, north of the boundary, back into the "
Danelaw".
Then she tours the island, discussing local peculiarities and larger similarities in such areas as London and southeastern England, the South
Danelaw, the West Midlands and Yorkshire, and Normandy.
King Alfred repelled the Viking advances and entered into a treaty by which the Vikings could rule areas of northeastern England north of a line called the
Danelaw, with the further requirement that the Viking King Guthrun become a Christian.
Interestingly, this tone is sensibly moderated when the settlement of the Scandinavians in the
Danelaw is dealt with in sections 1.4.
Changes in our understanding of
Danelaw place-name etymology over the course of the twentieth century are charted, with key works such as those by Erik Bjorkman and Kenneth Cameron summarized in considerable detail.
(58) Jacqueline Simpson argues that the tradition of the draugar survives in the English stories courtesy of the descendants of Scandinavian settlers in what was once the
Danelaw, the area of England occupied and settled by the Vikings during the ninth century.