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Author : Hugh Marwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780404175689
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (756 download)
Download or read book The Orkney Norn written by Hugh Marwick and published by . This book was released on 1978-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Marwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781899851027
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Orkney Norn written by Hugh Marwick and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael P. Barnes
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland written by Michael P. Barnes and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some 950 years a Scandinavian language was spoken in Orkney and Shetland. It was introduced into the islands by Viking settlers and became the dominant form of speech there. Norroena, or Norn as it was later called, remained the chief medium of oral and written communication in the Northern Isles throughout the Viking Age for much of the Middle Ages. This book traces the history of Norn, describes its principal features and provides a selection of Scandinavian-language texts from the Northern Isles accompanied by English translation and commentary.
Author : Lars Dittmer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638457710
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Development and Demise of Orkney Norn. A piece of Scandinavian Culture in Great Britain written by Lars Dittmer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2006-01-18 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Philosophisches Institut), course: Proseminar The demise of Celtic languages and rise, language: English, abstract: The unofficial flag of the Orkney Islands arouses astonishment in the watcher and gives him an idea of how Orcadians feel – being a Scandinavian, and being British. The flag shows the red Norwegian cross on a yellow background, symbolizing the Scottish Royal flag (cf. Towrie 1996-2005: FAQ). Scandinavian culture and self-image still constitute a part of identity in parts of Scotland – especially in Shetland and Orkney, collectively named the Northern Islands. Here, this cultural background has over centuries found expression through a Scandinavian language, called Norn, Icelandic norœnna, the Norwegian language (Fenton 1997: 617). This term paper is to document the historical and cultural circumstances in which a Scandinavian language could develop in Northern Scotland, its nature and prevalence during its era, and finally, its demise and the remains of Norn in today’s language in Orkney. The paper attaches importance to the fact that it is on the one hand power constellations and politics that produce linguistic changes such as the death of a language, but on the other hand also requires “the active participation of its former speakers” (Barrett 2003: 98). The paper almost exclusively focuses on the development on the Orkney Islands, taking into consideration that history as well as the language itself differs to some extent on the Shetland Islands.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230572437
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (724 download)
Download or read book History of Orkney written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Norn language, Orkneyinga saga, Olvir Rosta, Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Earl of Orkney, South Ronaldsay child abuse scandal, Earldom of Orkney, The Farfarers, Gutter Sound, Buckquoy spindle-whorl, Orkney Antiquarian Society, Crofters' Holdings Act 1886, Orkney and Shetland by-election, 1921, Archdeacon of Orkney, John of Atholl. Excerpt: Olvir Rosta (Old Norse: Olvir Rosta, and Olvir orljotsson), also known as Aulver Rosta, is a character within the mediaeval Orkneyinga saga, who is purported to have lived during the early 12th century. His Old Norse byname, rosta, means "brawl," "riot." His name, and byname, appear variously in English secondary sources. Olvir appears in the saga as the son of orljot, and Steinnvor 'the Stout'. The mother of Steinnvor is Frakokk, who has been described as one the great villains of the entire saga. One of Frakokk's sisters, Helga, is the concubine of Earl Hakon Palsson. Part of the saga relates of how the Earldom of Orkney is for a time jointly run by half-brothers-Haraldr Hakonsson and Pall Hakonsson, who are both sons of Earl Hakon. With the death of Earl Haraldr, son of Helga, Frakokk's family falls out of favour, and are forced to leave Orkney. In time, Frakokk conspire with the father of Earl Rognvaldr, and agrees to a plan to take the Orkney by force and split it with Earl Rognvaldr. She and Olvir eventually make their way to the Suoreyjar, and may their return in a bid to win half of the earldom. However, their small fleet of ships are defeated in battle against Earl Pall. The saga also tells of how Olvir kills an Orkney chieftain who fought against him during the sea-battle-by burning the man to death within his house. The chieftain's vengeful son later tracks down Olvir and Frakokk, at their own home in Sutherland. After...
Author : Ernest Marwick
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788852729
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland written by Ernest Marwick and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
Author : Donald Omand
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Orkney Book written by Donald Omand and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of 67 islands, the Orkneys lie to the north of the Scottish mainland. This work gives an overview of their history. Starting with the prehistoric period, it goes on to discuss the flowering of the Celtic Church in the sixth and seventh centuries and the subsequent invasion by the vikings
Author : Jakob Jakobsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland written by Jakob Jakobsen and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert McColl Millar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748629963
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Northern and Insular Scots written by Robert McColl Millar and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both. In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other languages. How well have these varieties maintained their traditional natures at the start of the 21st century?
Author : Orkney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Hand-book to the Orkney islands written by Orkney and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara E. Crawford
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857906186
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book The Northern Earldoms written by Barbara E. Crawford and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the Norwegian and the Scottish. They were a maritime lordship divided, or united, by the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth. This unlikely combination of island and mainland territory survived as a single lordship for 600 years, against the odds. Growing out of the Viking maelstrom of the early Middle Ages, it became an established and wealthy principality which dominated northern waters, with a renowned dynasty of earls. Despite their peripheral location these earls were fully in touch with the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland and increasingly subject to the rulers of these kingdoms. How they maintained their independence and how they survived the clash of loyalties are themes explored in this book from the early Viking age to the late medieval era when the powerful feudal Sinclair earls ruled the islands and regained possession of Caithness. This is a story of the time when the Northern Isles of Scotland were part of a different national entity which explains the background to the non-Gaelic culture of this locality, when links across the North Sea were as important as links with the kingdom of Scotland to the south.
Author : Bernd Kortmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110208393
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The British Isles written by Bernd Kortmann and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken on the British Isles, including lesser-known varieties such as those spoken in Orkney and Shetland and the Channel Islands. The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed. The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features.
Author : Viking Club, or Society for Northern Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Year Book of the Viking Club, Society for Northern Research written by Viking Club, or Society for Northern Research and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Carver
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831259
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The Cross Goes North written by Martin Carver and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 37 studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe over1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process. In Europe, the cross went north and east as the centuries unrolled: from the Dingle Peninsula to Estonia, and from the Alps to Lapland, ranging in time from Roman Britain and Gaul in the third and fourth centuries to the conversion of peoples in the Baltic area a thousand years later. These episodes of conversion form the basic narrative here. History encourages the belief that the adoption of Christianity was somehow irresistible, but specialists show theunderside of the process by turning the spotlight from the missionaries, who recorded their triumphs, to the converted, exploring their local situations and motives. What were the reactions of the northern peoples to the Christian message? Why would they wish to adopt it for the sake of its alliances? In what way did they adapt the Christian ethos and infrastructure to suit their own community? How did conversion affect the status of farmers, of smiths, of princes and of women? Was society wholly changed, or only in marginal matters of devotion and superstition? These are the issues discussed here by thirty-eight experts from across northern Europe; some answers come from astute re-readings of the texts alone, but most are owed to a combination of history, art history and archaeology working together. MARTIN CARVER is Professor of Archaeology, University of York.
Author : Daniel Schreier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139487418
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Lesser-Known Varieties of English written by Daniel Schreier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change.
Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521240574
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Language in the British Isles written by Peter Trudgill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-05-17 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert McColl Millar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474409091
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Contact written by Robert McColl Millar and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question of what happens when closely related but linguistically discrete varieties come into contact with each other has largely been neglected. Here Robert McColl Millar sets out to redress this imbalance, giving the reader the opportunity to analyse and consider a variety of different contact scenarios where the language varieties involved are close relatives and to explore the question: are the results of contacts of this type different by their nature from where linguistically distant (or entirely different) varieties come into contact? Bringing together the diverse theoretical positions associated with the production of new dialects as well as those associated with contact between closely related but discrete language varieties, the volume invites the reader to evaluate different scholarly views using analysis from a range of different case-studies, largely derived from the history and diversity of English. It then goes on to demonstrate the similarities in process and end result between contact involving discrete but closely related languages and between dialects of the same language, and in doing so offers a new and insightful approach to issues of language contact.
