I thought the mix of half Old Norse and half Old English in a word sounded phony.
Except ON was one of the more important influences on English.
Yes I know that, but it still sounded unusual.
Old Norse gave us words ranging from weather terms like
storm, and emotions like
anger, to
oft used words such as
Wednesday Thursday, & Friday; most personal pronouns beginning with 'th'; and a host of everyday household items and culinary terms like
egg and
cake. Not to mention
oft itself of course! Without ON we wouldn't have a
leg to stand on, nor could we
skin a cat or let it out of the
bag. Old Norse rocks!
