The Normans who settled in France (in the region now called Normandy) mixed up with the local population and learned French. They totally dropped the usage of their original languages in two or three generations.
At the time of the invasion of England, a dialect of French.
French!
No, the language of the Normans was French. Their ancestors spoke Norse.
At the time William the Conqueror and his Normans invaded and conquered England, the Normans spoke a version of French called Norman French. This was French with vocabulary added by Norsemen who had conquered the region now called Normandy several generations earlier.
To speak is "parler" in French.
Yes
At the time of the invasion of England, a dialect of French.
Because they were Normans, from Normandy in France.
He spoke Norman French as did his courtiers.
French!
No, the language of the Normans was French. Their ancestors spoke Norse.
In a way. The battle of Hastings was fought by the normans, led by the William the conqueror. The Normans are ancestors of the french.
Norman-French
The Normans.
Old French.
At the time William the Conqueror and his Normans invaded and conquered England, the Normans spoke a version of French called Norman French. This was French with vocabulary added by Norsemen who had conquered the region now called Normandy several generations earlier.
The Normans were descendants of Vikings who had settled in France. They were not Vikings themselves; they were French and acted pretty much as the French did. They were not called Vikings at the time.