By 1000, in Viking-occupied Normandy in France, the infusion of Scandinavian vocabulary had created Norman French words that used “w” while Parisian French did not. Particularly, Norman “w” might occur as an opening sound in place of mainstream French “g.”
For example, the medieval Norman French word for a document granting authority or security was warant (ancestor of our “warrant”). This was a variant of the French word guarant (as in “guarantee”). Similarly, a Norman French border castle might have a wardein named William, earning a wage and ready for warre, whereas on the royal French side the same thing would be guarden Guillaume with his gage, ready for guerre.
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