Magdalena Bator, born in 1980, received her Ph.D. from Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań (Poland) in 2008. Currently she is lecturer at the School of English at the Academy of Management (Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania) in Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests focus on various aspects of English historical linguistics, in particular historical lexicology.

• Contents: Viking invasions – Scandinavian loanwords in English – Obsolescence of vocabulary – Rivalry between synonyms – Scandinavian vs. native vocabulary – Scandinavian vs. French loans.

Magdalena Bator, born in 1980, received her Ph.D. from Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań (Poland) in 2008. Currently she is lecturer at the School of English at the Academy of Management (Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania) in Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests focus on various aspects of English historical linguistics, in particular historical lexicology.

• Contents: Viking invasions – Scandinavian loanwords in English – Obsolescence of vocabulary – Rivalry between synonyms – Scandinavian vs. native vocabulary – Scandinavian vs. French loans.