When did the Vikings attack the monastery?
When did the Vikings attack the monastery? On the 6th of June 793 AD, 'Northmen' (as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls them) attacked the Christian monastery at Lindisfarne in Northumbria. The monastery was on a small island off the coast called Holy Island, making it an easy target for the Viking longships.
What language did the Vikings speak?
Old Norse: the Viking language By the 8th century, Proto-Norse (which was spoken in Scandinavia and its Nordic settlements) developed into Old Norse ? also known as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian.