Could the Vikings Understand the Anglo-Saxons? Old Norse & Old English Mutual Intelligibility?

In today's vlog video I'd like to explore the topic of whether during the Viking Age it was possible for people from Scandinavia it would have been possible to understand the Anglo-Saxon English. Framed linguistically this question is whether or not Old English and Old Norse were mutually intelligible with one another? I will point out that Jackson Crawford has made a very good video on the topic which looks at other sources of evidence and I'll link below should you be interested to explore this area further as well as some of my own videos on similar topics.

Jackson Crawford on Old Norse and Old English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaWgJq9OVGM&t=567s

Old English with Cefin Beorn of Leornende Eald Englisc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw6dIxg6PjE

Old English Sound Change in Strong Verbs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zRW3HuQV0Q&t=454s

The History of the Viking Age in England:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQM29ZUXvk&t=38s

The History of Viking Age York:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQoKogCIN4

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