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.

    v.

      O.N. v regularly becomes wwelter, witter,
          ware, werr, wicht, etc
      O.N. v is represented by v in vath, vittirly,
        vyndland, all in Bruce. 
        An epenthetic v appears after o (u) in crove,
          rove, unrufe.

    eth, þ

      O.N. eth, þ quite regularly > thbaith,
          bletherb, raith, buith, degraith, firth,
          garth, graith, ithand, lythe, mythe,
          hething, harth, grith, gyrth, waith,
          vath, sleuth, tath, skaith, wandreth, etc
      O.N. eth > d medially and finally in eident,
          ydlanlie, heid, red, duds, stud
      O.N. eth is lost in mauch
      O.N. þ initially remains in thrist, thra, thraif,
          tha, thir, thwaite, wan-threvin.
        þ > t in tytt, tangle.

    f.

      O.N. f initially always remains. 
        Medially and finally f remains in cloff, nefe,
          lufe, laif.
        Medially and finally f > v in:  nieve, nevin,
          rive, lave, crave
      O.N. f > th in scarth (O.N. skarfr). 
        An epenthetic f appears in unrufe (v?).

    s.

      O.N. s regularly remains s.
        s > ch in chyngill (?).

    sk.

      O.N. sk = sk initially medially and finally:  skar,
          sker, skewit, skill, skugg, skrech,
          skant, scait, scool, scratch, scarth,
          skait, skail, scud, scudler, script,
          skyle, skeigh, busk, bask (dry), harsk,
          harskness, forjeskit, mensk(?). 
      O.N. sk > sh finally in dash (?).
        sk > sh before a guttural vowel in shacklet (?),
          and schore (?). 
      O.N. sk before i ([-i]) > sh in shiel
          Cp. skyle above.
        sk > s finally in mense.

    h.

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