What is influence of Icelandic on English?

Old English received influences from Old Norse when the Danes ruled England in the 11th century, and especially during the Danelaw. Old English was already changing through the Anglo-Saxon period, and after 1066, there was major Norman influence on English due to the Norman conquest. During the 13th century, Middle English was emerging as a combination of Old English and Norman French, the official language of England at the time. However, while many Old Norse words were introduced to the language, very few Icelandic words have made it into the modern English language.

English has several words of Old Norse origin including Old Norse loanwords in Middle English that may have been introduced via Old Norse-speaking communities in the Danelaw, or brought to Britain later by Scandinavian settlers of the 9th and 10th centuries, or in some cases indirectly through Norman French which had also borrowed from Old Norse.

Here are a few examples:

- The word "window" comes from the Old Norse word "vindauga", which means "wind eye".

- The word "take" comes from the Old Norse word "taka", which means "to take".

- The word "sky" comes from the Old Norse word "sky", which means "cloud".

- The word "egg" comes from the Old Norse word "egg", which means "egg".

- The word "law" comes from the Old Norse word "lög", which means "law".