But despite the great flood of words into English from Latin, Old Norse, French, and later other languages, the heart of the language remained the Old English of Anglo-Saxon times.

• 但是，尽管大洪水的话译成英文来自拉丁美洲，古代北欧，法国，以及后来其他语言的核心，语言仍然是古英语的盎格鲁撒克逊时代。