Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 139 pages of information about Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch.

Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 139 pages of information about Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch.

    o.

      O.N. o remains o:  boldin, bolle, brod,
          costlyk, loft, rock, etc. 
      O.N. o + g > ow in low.

    u.

      O.N. u generally remains u:  bught, buller,
          clunk, cunnand, lucken, ugg, clubbit,
          drucken, skugg.  The sound of u in O.N.,
          however, was approximately that of oo in “foot.” 
      O.N. u > [-u] in drook.

    y.

      O.N. y always becomes i, written i, y:  big,
          birr, filly, flit, trig, wyndland,
          gylmyr.  The O.N. y had approximately the value
          of Germ. ue.

    ae.

      O.N. ae > e in ettle.

    oe

      O.N. oe > e in gleg, glegy, appears as u in
          slut. 
      O.N. oe, u-v-umlaut of a, becomes ae, written
          a:  daggit, ragweed, tangle. 
      O.N. oe, u-umlaut of a in originally open syllable,
          like open a, > [-e] in spale.

      Hence u-umlaut does not appear in loanwords.

    ja (ia).

      O.N. ja > a in assle-tooth, harn, starn.
        > e in sker and stern.

    joe (ioe).

      O.N. joe > a in tarn. 
      O.N. joe > i before r in firth, gyrth
          (gjoerth), gyrthin.

    LONG VOWELS.

    [-a].

      O.N. [-a] regularly > [-e], written a, ai, ay,
          ae, ei (?):  baith, blae, bray, braith,
          fra, frae, lait, craik, ra, saikless,
          spay, etc. 
      O.N. [-a] + g > aw, awch, aigh, aich,
          awsome, law, sb. law, adj. lawch, beside
          laigh and laich in N. Sco. 
      O.N. [-a] + l > ow in chowk (O.N. kjalki).

[-e].

O.N. [-e] remains in ser, seir.
[-e] > [-ae], written a, in fallow. 
O.N. [-e] before tt > i, written y, in tytt. 
Cp. titt in W.Norse dial.

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