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The Normans lived in the North of France in an area that to this day is still called Normandy. They had a dialect that would have been similar to the French used at the time but mixed with words from their Norse heritage.
The Anglo-Saxons were made up of tribes occupying what is now present day England and speaking their own separate language.
After the Norman Conquest in 1066 with the occupation of the Norman forces and the power separated between Norman lords who had fought for William the Conqueror it was clear who was Norman and who was Saxon by the languages they spoke.
This showed and divided the social classes with the poor Saxons who served on Norman land calling the livestock their original Saxon words 'Pig' and 'Cow' then when it was slaughtered and served to the Norman Lords it would be given the French words 'Pork' and 'Beef'.
It was not until the 12th Century when the Normans had established rule in England, Wales and parts of Scotland and had planted themselves firmly into the Saxon culture did the term Anglo-Norman came to be and the two languages begin to merge and develop together. However the Normans in France would continue to hold onto their native tongue without much influence of Saxon culture.
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