The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland

The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland
Title The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland PDF eBook
Author Michael P. Barnes
Publisher Virago Press
Pages 84
Release 1998
Genre Foreign Language Study
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For some 950 years a Scandinavian language was spoken in Orkney and Shetland. It was introduced into the islands by Viking settlers and became the dominant form of speech there. Norroena, or Norn as it was later called, remained the chief medium of oral and written communication in the Northern Isles throughout the Viking Age for much of the Middle Ages. This book traces the history of Norn, describes its principal features and provides a selection of Scandinavian-language texts from the Northern Isles accompanied by English translation and commentary.

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland
Title An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland PDF eBook
Author Jakob Jakobsen
Publisher
Pages 620
Release 1928
Genre DICTIONARIES. Norn
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The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Title The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland PDF eBook
Author Ernest Marwick
Publisher Birlinn Ltd
Pages 170
Release 2020-05-07
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1788852729

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The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.

The Nordic Languages

The Nordic Languages
Title The Nordic Languages PDF eBook
Author Oskar Bandle
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 1194
Release 2002
Genre Germanic languages
ISBN 9783110171495

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Annotation This handbook is conceived as a comprehensive history of the North Germanic languages from the oldest times up to the present day. Whereas most of the traditional presentations of Nordic language history are confined to individual languages and often concentrate on purely linguistic data, the present work covers the history of all Nordic languages in its totality, embedded in a broad culture-historical context. The Nordic languages are described both individually and in their mutual dependence as well as in relation to the neighboring non-Nordic languages. The handbook is not tied to a particular methodology, but keeps in principle to a pronounced methodological pluralism, encompassing all aspects of actual methodology. Moreover it combines diachronic with synchronic-systematic aspects, longitudinal sections with cross-sections (periods such as Old Norse, transition from Old Norse to Early Modern Nordic, Early Modern Nordic 1550-1800 and so on). The description of Nordic language history is built upon a comprehensive collection of linguistic data; it consists of more than 200 articles, written by a multitude of authors from Scandinavian and German and English speaking countries. The organization of the handbook combines a central part on the detailed chronological developments and some chapters of a more general character: chapters on theory and methodology in the beginning, and on overlapping spatio-temporal topics in the end.

The Shetland Dictionary

The Shetland Dictionary
Title The Shetland Dictionary PDF eBook
Author John J. Graham
Publisher
Pages 172
Release 1999
Genre Foreign Language Study
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This revised edition of The Shetland Dictionary is designed to aid readers in understanding and expanding their knowledge of Shetland. It includes over 150 additional words and is intended as a consistent source of reference.

Language in the British Isles

Language in the British Isles
Title Language in the British Isles PDF eBook
Author Peter Trudgill
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 612
Release 1984-05-17
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521240574

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The Shetland Dialect

The Shetland Dialect
Title The Shetland Dialect PDF eBook
Author Peter Sundkvist
Publisher Routledge
Pages 207
Release 2020-11-29
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1000214842

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The traditional dialect spoken in the Shetland Isles, the northernmost part of Scotland and Britain, is highly distinct. It displays distinct, characteristic features on all linguistic levels and particularly in its sound system, or its phonology. The dialect is one of the lesser- known varieties of English within the Inner Circle. Increasing interest in the lesser- known varieties of English in recent years has brought a realization that there are still blanks on the map, even within the very core of the Inner Circle. Sundkvist’s comprehensive treatise draws upon results from a three- year research project funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, for which a phonological survey of the Shetland dialect was carried out between 2010 and 2012. This book is a useful resource for those working on historical linguistics and is intended to serve as a comprehensive description and accessible reference source on one of the most distinct lesser- known varieties of English within Britain. It documents and offers a systematic account of the rich regional variation as well as being a reference source for those studying the historical formation and emergence of the Shetland dialect and language variation and change in Shetland, as well as those within the broader field of Germanic linguistics.