Chapter 1

General Remarks §1 Place-Names and Settlements in Northwestern England §2 Scandinavian Settlements in Southern Scotland §3 Settlements in England, Norse or Danish? The Place-Name Test §4 _By_ in Place-Names. Conclusions as to this Test §5 Characteristics of Old Northern, or Old Scandinavian. Early Dialectal Differentiations §6 Old Norse and Old Danish §7 Remarks §8 Characteristics of Old Northumbrian §9 Remarks. Metathesis of _r_ §10 The Question of Palatalization in Old Northumbrian §11 _Sk_ as a Scandinavian Sign. Certain Words in _sk_. Palatalization in Norse §12 Conclusion as to the Test of Non-palatalization §13. Old and Middle Scotch §14 Some Characteristics of Scotch. O.E. _ă ā_ §15 Curtis's Table §16 O.E. _ō_. A List of Illustrative Words from the Aberdeen Dialect §17 Inorganic _y_ in Scotch §18 _D_ for the Spirant _th_ §19 O.E. _ā_ and O.N. _æi_. How far we can Determine such Words to be of Native or of Norse Origin §20 A List of Some Words that are Norse. Further Remarks §21 Celtic, Lowland Scotch, and Norse §22 Some Words that are not Scandinavian Loanwords §23 Loanword Tests §24 Remarks on the Texts §25