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.N. h initially before vowels remains, except in
          aweband
      O.N. h initially before r, l, n, is lost:  rad,
          rangale, ruse, lack, loup, nieve, etc
      O.N. ht remains, is not assimilated to tt, e.g.,
          sacht, unsaucht
        An inorganic h initially appears in hendir,
          hugsum.

    hv.

      O.N. hv regularly > qu, quhquhelm, quey.

    m, n, l, r.

      O.N. m regularly remains.
        m before t > n in skant, skantlin.

      O.N. n always remains, nd is not assimilated to nn
          Cp.  Cu. winnle.

      O.N. l initially remains. 
        Medially and finally generally remains. 
      O.N. l after o > wbowdyne, bowne, bow.
        l very frequently takes the place of w medially: 
          golk, dolf
        An excrescent l appears in gylmyr.

O.N. r regularly remains. 
Disappears before sk in bask, undergoes metathesis
in gyrth
Inflexional r remains in caller.

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