Scandinavian loanwords in English in the 15th century
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2006
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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The paper concentrates on the following two issues concerning Scandinavian loanwards in English
in the fifteenth century: (i) the obsolescence of loanwords and (ii) the appearance of new
Scandinavian loanwords which survived later in non-standard varieties of English. The possible
reason for the disappearance of the obsolete loans seems to be the rivalry of synonyms, mostly of
French and native origin. It is also interesting to observe that despite the influx of French vocabulary,
Scandinavian loanwords surfaced in English dialects even four centuries after the Viking
period. Some of them disappeared a few centuries later, e.g. hink, nait, ra, scraw, stoop, etc.,
however, most of them survived well into the 20th century, e.g. arwal, garth, marrow, slape and
soop.
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 42 (2006), pp. 285-299