LL-L "Language contacts" 2002.08.22 (06) [E]

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From: "John M. Tait" <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language contacts" 2002.08.18 (08) [E]

Erek wrote:
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>The presumption of specifically Danish words as the basis for Norn is
>questionable, especially when doing it on the foundation of the better
>documented, and still spoken, Faeroese.  West Norwegian is the basis for
>Faeroese and Norn, but it important to rember that Zetland and Orkney
>were ceded to King James III of Scotland by 1469, whereas the Faeroes
>have been politically allied with Danmark continuously since the Danes
>conquered Norway.  It is unfortunate that we have so little of Norn left
>(and I haven't run across any Norn word translating to "forget"), but
>I'd suggest looking to Old West Norwegian rather than Danish as the
>probable source of Norn words.

I don't think there's any need to speculate about this. Jakobsen was
confident that he could identify, from the Norn vocabulary in modern
Shetlandic (not only from remnants of Norn per se) the actual areas of
Norway which Shetland was colonised from. Also, the word _misgloem_
would suggest that the Norn word for 'forget' was a varient of 'gloema',
'gleyma' and similar forms in the various Nordic languages.

John M. Tait.

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk

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