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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch

PART I. INTRODUCTION.

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PART I. INTRODUCTION.

General Remarks § 1

Place-Names and Settlements in Northwestern England § 2

Scandinavian Settlements in Southern Scotland § 3

Settlements in England, Norse or Danish? The Place-Name Test § 4

By in Place-Names. Conclusions as to this Test § 5

Characteristics of Old Northern, or Old Scandinavian. Early Dialectal Differentiations § 6

Old Norse and Old Danish § 7

Remarks § 8

Characteristics of Old Northumbrian § 9

Remarks. Metathesis of r § 10

The Question of Palatalization in Old Northumbrian § 11

Sk as a Scandinavian Sign. Certain Words in sk. Palatalization in Norse § 12

Conclusion as to the Test of Non-palatalization § 13.

Old and Middle Scotch § 14

Some Characteristics of Scotch. O. E. ă ā § 15

Curtis's Table § 16

O. E. ō. A List of Illustrative Words from the Aberdeen Dialect § 17

Inorganic y in Scotch § 18

D for the Spirant th § 19

O. E. ā and O. N. æi. How far we can Determine such Words to be of Native or of Norse Origin § 20

A List of Some Words that are Norse. Further Remarks § 21

Celtic, Lowland Scotch, and Norse § 22

Some Words that are not Scandinavian Loanwords § 23

Loanword Tests § 24

Remarks on the Texts § 25

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