Scandinavian Influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A Contribution to the Study of the Linguistic Relations of English and Scandinvian (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Cumberland and Westmoreland, together. Covering an area equal to about two-thirds that Of Yorkshire, have 300 Scandinavian place names. Yorkshire has 407 according to Worsaae's table. The character of these names in Cumberland and Westmoreland is dif ferent from that of those in the rest of England. It seems that these counties were settled predominantly by Norsemen and also perhaps at a later date than that which we accept for the settlements in York and Lincolnshire. We know that as early as 795 Norse vi kings began their visits to Ireland that they settled and occupied. The Western Isles about that time; that in 825 the Faroes were first colonized by Norsemen, partly from the Isles. After 870 Ice land was settled by Norsemen from Norway, but in part also from the Western Isles and Ireland. The Austmen in Ireland, es pecially Dublin, seem frequently to have visited the opposite shore. It seems probable that Northwestern England was settled chiefly by Norsemen from Ireland, Man, and the Isles on the west. It is not likely that any settlements took place before 900. It seems more probable that they belong rather to the second quarter of the roth Century or even later, when the Irish began successfully to assert themselves against the Norse kings in Dublin and Waterford. Perhaps some may have taken place even as late as the end of the roth Century.

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