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.

[-i].

O.N. [-i] most frequently remains [-i], written i,
yflyre, gryce, grise, myth, skrik,
rive, ryfe, tithand, etc
O.N. [-i] appears as e in skrech, probably
pronounced skrich
O.N. [-i] > [-e], written ei, in quey, gleit,
keik
O.N. [-i] > [)i] in scrip, wick, and before
original xl in wissle (wyssyl). 
The corresponding word in Norse also has a short vowel,
but changed to e, veksl, vessla (and versla).

    [-o].

      O.N. [-o] > [-u], written o, oo, u, eu
          crove, rove, unrufe, hoolie, hulie, lufe,
          ruse, roose, sleuth, tume
      O.N. [-o] > ou in clour.
        [-o] > oy in toym (Bruce), exact sound uncertain.
        [-o] + l > ow in bow.

    [-u].

      O.N. [-u] remains in buth, grouf
      O.N. [-u] generally > ou, owboun, bowne,
          bowk, cow, cour, etc.
        [-u] > [-o] in solande, stot.
        [-u] > [)u] in busk.

    [-y].

      O.N. [-y] regularly > [-i], written i, y
          lythe, tyne, sit, skyrin, snite.  Cp. y
      O.N. [-y] appears as [-e] (ei) in neiris, exact
          sound not certain.  Cp. [-y] before st > [)i] in
          thrist (O.N. þrysta).

    [-ae].

      O.N. [-ae] remains in hething.
        [-ae] > e in sait.
        [-ae] > e, e, in rad, red, radness, etc.

    DIPHTHONGS.

    ai.

      O.N. ai > [-e], written a, ai, ay, ei
          bait, bein, bayt, blaik, dey, grane,
          graip, graith, heid, laif, lairet,
          lairing, lak, laiching, thwaite, waith,
          slaik, swage, raise, tha
      O.N. ai > i in nyte (?). 
      O.N. ai is represented by i before r in thir
          Cp.  Cu. thur
      O.N. ain > en initially in enkrely.

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