From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 36225
Date: 2005-02-10
>Oh yes, they sacked Dorestad in 834, 835, 836 and 837 :-).
>
>> English [...] has two
>> possessive constructions, the prenominal Saxon genitive,
>> e.g. <the man's hat>, and the postnominal Norman genitive,
>> e.g. <the roof of the house>."
>>
>
>It would seem the Normans invaded the Netherlands too.