Editing Norman language (section)

===Norse influences===

Examples of Norman words of Norse origin:
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!English
!Norman French
![[Old Norse]]
!Scandinavian reflexes
!French
|-
|bait 
|baite, bète, abète
|beita 
|beita (Icelandic), beite (Norw.), bete (Swed.)
|appât; boëtte (from Breton; maybe ultimately from Norman)
|-
|beach grass, dune grass
|milgreu, melgreu
|*melgrös, pl. of *melgras
|melgrös, pl. of melgras (Icelandic)
|oyat
|-
|(black) currant
|gade, gadelle, gradelle, gradille
|gaddʀ
|(-)
|cassis, groseille
|-
|damp (cf. ''muggy''), humid
|mucre
|mykr (cf. English ''muck'')
|myk (Norw.)
|humide
|-
|down (feather)
|dun, dum, dumet, deumet
|dúnn
|dúnn (Icelandic), dun (Dan., Norw., Swed.)
|duvet (from Norman)
|-
|dune, sandy land
|mielle, mièle
|melʀ
|melur (Icelandic), mile (Dan.), mjele (Norw.), mjälla (Swed.)
|dune, terrain sableux
|-
|earthnut, groundnut, pignut, peanut
|génotte, gernotte, jarnotte
|*jarðhnot
|jarðhneta (Icelandic), jordnød (Dan.), jordnöt (Swed.), jordnøtt (Norw.)
|arachide, cacahuète 
|-
|islet 
|hommet/houmet 
|hólmʀ
|hólmur (Icelandic), holm (Dan., Norw.), holme (Swed.)
|îlot, rocher en mer
|-
|mound (cf. ''[[Bowl barrow|howe]]'', ''high'') 
|hougue 
|haugʀ
|haugur (Icelandic), haug (Norw.), hög (Swe.), høj (Dan.)
|monticule
|-
|ness (headland or cliff, cf. [[Sheerness]], etc.)
|nez
|nes
|nes (Icelandic, Norw.), næs (Dan.), näs (Swed.)
|cap, pointe de côte
|-
|seagull
|mauve, mave, maôve
|mávaʀ (pl.)
|mávar (pl.) (Icelandic), måge (Dan.), måke/måse (Norw.), mås (Swed.)
|mouette, goëland 
|-
|slide, slip
|griller, égriller, écriller
|*skriðla
|overskride (Norw.), skrilla (Old Swed.), skriða (Icelandic), skride (Dan.)
|glisser
|-
|wicket (borrowed from Norman)
|viquet, (-vic, -vy, -vouy in place-names)
|vík
|vík (Icelandic), vig (Dan.), vik (Norw., Swed.)
|guichet (borrowed from Norman)
|}

In some cases, Norse words adopted in Norman have been [[Loanword|borrowed]] into French; more recently, some of the English words used in French can be traced back to Norman origins.

[[File:Bar Cherbourg langue normande.jpg|thumb|A bar named in Norman (Cherbourg, 2002)]]