While Danelaw may not have lasted forever, the Norse invasion and the establishment of Danelaw had a deep and long standing impact on Britain, with some of the legacies of the Vikings in Britain still visible today.
The establishment of Danelaw, and the overall presence of the Vikings, in British society had an impact on everything from language to place names to traditions and cultural customs. Places such as Grimsby and Derby, two settlements that were once located within the borders of Danelaw, still bear the suffix by.
This suffix was widely used in Scandinavian place names and referred to a farmstead or village in Old Norse. Similarly, the word-ending thorpe also has roots to Viking times, meaning new village, and can be seen in place names such as Scunthorpe.
The wide use of Old Norse, spoken by the Vikings, also came to have an impact on the language spoken across England.
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