Scandinavian Relations with Ireland During the Viking Period by A. Walsh
Author:A. Walsh [Walsh, A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, History
ISBN: 4064066168926
Google: oBAPkAEACAAJ
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-05-19T04:00:00+00:00
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CHAPTER VI.
LINGUISTIC INFLUENCES.
(a) Loan-words from Old Norse in Irish.
The large number of loan-words from Old Norse which occur in Old and Middle Irish indicate clearly the extent and character of Scandinavian influence in Ireland. They are therefore interesting from an historical point of view, for they confirm, and sometimes supplement, the evidence of Irish and Icelandic sources, that the relations existing between the two peoples were largely of a friendly character.
As the subject has already been fully dealt with by Celtic scholars,[163] only the more important loan words are given here:â
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