From the Viking Word-hoard: A Dictionary of Scandinavian Words in the Languages of Britain and Ireland
- ISBN-10
- 1846821738
- ISBN-13
- 9781846821738
- Category
- British Isles
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Author
- Diarmaid O Muirithe
Description
At the beginning of the 9th century, the growing population of the three great branches of the Scandinavian race who peopled the countries abutting the Baltic - the Norsemen or Northmen, the Swedes, and the Danes - began a great outward movement which was caused both by political changes and their enterprising nature. Thus the 9th century came to be known as the Age of the Vikings, Vikinga-Old. The Danish emigration directed its course to the north-east of England. The second migration was Norse, whose settlers gradually peopled the coasts of Ireland, northern Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They left a lasting linguistic heritage. This book is a glossary of words in the various languages of Britain and Ireland which owe their origin to the intrepid raiders and merchants of Scandinavia.
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