translate English to German: The dialects spoken by these invaders formed what would be called Old English which was a very similar language to modern Frisian which was also strongly influenced by yet another Germanic dialect, Old Norse , spoken by Viking invaders who settled mainly in the North-East (see Jorvik ).
Some cities, such as Prague (German: Prag) and Budapest , were gradually Germanized in the years after their incorporation into the Habsburg domain. Others, such as Bratislava (German: Pressburg), were originally settled during the Habsburg period and were primarily German at that time.