The Viking Legacy: The Scandinavian Influence on the English and Gaelic Languages |
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Contents
List of illustrations | 6 |
The Northmen in Britain | 28 |
The Norse invasion of the languages | 56 |
Copyright | |
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anglicised appears areas become Britain British Caithness called Canute carried century Cf Swe coast common contain continued Danelaw Danes Danish Denmark derivation dial dialects districts earlier early east element England English evidence example expressions fact familiar farm firth Gaelic Gothonic hands Hebrides hundred Icel identical influence inscription Ireland islands Isles King known land language late later linguistic living meaning mound native nickname Norman Norn Norse north-west northern Northmen Northumbria Norw Norway Norwegian occurs Old English original Orkney Orkney and Shetland patronymics period personal names placenames poss possibly present probably recorded referred reflect retained Scandinavian names Scotland Scots Scottish seems sense settled settlement Shetland short sound southern speakers speech spoken stone stream suffix Swedish tongue typical Viking village West western whilst wood Yorkshire
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| Title | The Viking Legacy: The Scandinavian Influence on the English and Gaelic Languages |
| Author | John Geipel |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | David and Charles, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 18, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0715349600, 9780715349601 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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