The Old Norse Heritage in the English Language 1999 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor)Student thesis

Abstract [en]

The aim of this paper was to investigate what sorts of words were borrowed from Old Norse into the English language; and to see what words became a natural part of it. Another angle that was taken up for discussion was in what parts of England only local words of an Old norse Origin have been preserved. Firstly, a brief overview of the Vikings and their history has been presented; and secondly, the lingusitic influence of the Scandinavians has been dealt with. In this second part of the study, first a rather general overview of the borrowings from Old Norse is presented. Thereafter a small examination has taken place, in which a sample of local words of an Old Norse origin have been examined to see where they originate from, and where they are used still today. The main conclusions of this study were that mostly common, everyday words were the ones that struck root in the English language; and secondly, that local words of an Old Norse origin mostly are used in the old Danelaw area.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages

1999.

Keywords [en]

Old Norse, Vikings, borrowings, geolinguistic varieties

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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-8414Local ID: U2413OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-8414DiVA, id: diva2:363500

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Humanities, Theology

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Denna uppsats kan beställas från arkivet / This paper can be ordered from the archive. Kontakta / Contact: arkivet@hh.seAvailable from: 2010-11-09 Created: 2010-11-09Bibliographically approved

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