Old Scandinavian Words in the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

dc.contributor.advisorLieli, Pál
dc.contributor.authorKádas, Erzsébet
dc.contributor.departmentDE--TEK--Bölcsészettudományi Karhu_HU
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-07T15:25:03Z
dc.date.available2013-03-07T15:25:03Z
dc.date.created2010-04-15
dc.date.issued2013-03-07T15:25:03Z
dc.description.abstractOld Scandinavian or Old Norse was a North Germanic language spoken by the Germanic inhabitants of the Scandinavian Peninsula and Denmark. They are also known as the Vikings in the history and the word itself derives from Old Norse víkingr meaning ‘a creek-dweller’, and hence ‘pirate’ (Barber, 1994:128). After the 9th century the Old Scandinavian language broke up into two branches: Western Scandinavian including Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese, and Eastern Scandinavian consisting of Danish and Swedish. Today, of the modern Scandinavian languages Icelandic shows the most similarities to Old Scandinavian. (1) The Viking Age in the history of English started near the end of the Old English period and is regarded as the third foreign influence on English... (Introduction)hu_HU
dc.description.courseangol nyelv és irodalomhu_HU
dc.description.degreeegyetemihu_HU
dc.format.extent55hu_HU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/161588
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dc.subjectborrowingshu_HU
dc.subjectEnglish languagehu_HU
dc.subject.dspaceDEENK Témalista::Nyelvtudomány::Nyelvészethu_HU
dc.titleOld Scandinavian Words in the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymologyhu_HU
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