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.

    oey.

      O.N. oey > [-e], written e, aicareing, dey,
          smaik.
        oey > e in yemsel (yhemsell), may be a case of
          Dan. monophthongation.

    ou, au.

      O.N. ou, au is regularly ou, ow in Sco.:  blowt,
          douff, dowff, gowk, gowl, loup, louse,
          nowt, rout, rowste, soum.  Very frequently
          appears as oi, oye.g., soym, doif, goilk,
          loip, etc
      O.N. ou > u in gukk, vb. formed from gowk (?).

    jo.

      O.N. jo before r > a in starn (O.N. stjorn).
      jo > ei in leister.  Appears as i in the N. Sco.
          word shiel.

    ju.

      O.N. ju > [-u] in stroop.
        ju > i in skyle.

  (b) THE OLD NORTHERN CONSONANTS.

    b.

      O.N. b regularly remains b
        Is lost after m in gylmyr.
        b > p initially pirrye.

    d.

      O.N. d regularly remains. 
        Is lost after n in hansell
        An epenthetic d appears after n in solande,
          ythand; after l in boldin and rangeld
      O.N. ld > ll in caller.

    g.

      O.N. g regularly remains g before guttural and
          palatal vowels alike.
        g > [*g] before a palatal vowel in gen[*g]eld,
          yhemsel
      O.N. g disappears after n in titlene.
          g > ch in bawch, lawch
        On O.N. a + g, o + g, e + g, see the
          vowels.

    p.

      O.N. p regularly remains p.
        p > ph finally in sumph.

    t.

      O.N. t regularly remains t.
        t > tch in scratch
        Seems to have become d in cadie (O.N. katr), but
          Dan. kadh may be the source. 
        An epenthetic t after n appears in eident.

    k.

      O.N. k regularly remains k.
        k > ch finally in screch.  Cp. also laiching
      O.N. ks (x) > ss in assletooth, wissle
        On O.N. sk, see s.

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