Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws
The Scandinavian occupation of wide territories in the British Islands from about 900 CE onwards has left a number of vestiges both in place-names, in the pronunciation and lexicon of northern dialects, especially Scottish, as well as loanwords in standard English, some of which are remarkably commo...
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| description | The Scandinavian occupation of wide territories in the British Islands from about 900 CE onwards has left a number of vestiges both in place-names, in the pronunciation and lexicon of northern dialects, especially Scottish, as well as loanwords in standard English, some of which are remarkably common, ugly, to take and window to name but three. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6062305126654088952e5abce0d7ce852024-02-02T02:28:36ZengThe University of AkureyriNordicum-Mediterraneum1670-62422010-03-0151A6Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon LawsViola MiglioThe Scandinavian occupation of wide territories in the British Islands from about 900 CE onwards has left a number of vestiges both in place-names, in the pronunciation and lexicon of northern dialects, especially Scottish, as well as loanwords in standard English, some of which are remarkably common, ugly, to take and window to name but three.http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/5-1x/11-articles51/57-old-norse-and-old-english-language-contact-scandinavian-legal-terminology-in-anglo-saxon-laws17BritainEnglandgermanic linguisticsScandinaviaScotlandVikings |
| spellingShingle | Viola Miglio Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws Nordicum-Mediterraneum Britain England germanic linguistics Scandinavia Scotland Vikings |
| title | Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws |
| title_full | Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws |
| title_fullStr | Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws |
| title_full_unstemmed | Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws |
| title_short | Old Norse and Old English Language Contact: Scandinavian Legal Terminology in Anglo-Saxon Laws |
| title_sort | old norse and old english language contact scandinavian legal terminology in anglo saxon laws |
| topic | Britain England germanic linguistics Scandinavia Scotland Vikings |
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