I asked this before elsewhere, but I thought it led to some interesting answers.

  • vettnerk
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    1 year ago

    At least 500 years. I think the limit would be somewhere around 600-800, as that’s when the language changed a lot due to foreign trade. I could probably get by in a pinch before 1300, provided everyone spoke really slowly. I don’t speak Norse, but a lot of the words have carried over into my modern language.