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(However, Northumbrian was distinguished from the rest by much less palatalisation. Forms in Modern English with hard /k/ and /ɡ/ where a palatalised sound would be expected from Old English are due either to Northumbrian influence or to direct borrowing from Scandinavian. Note that, in fact, the lack of palatalisation in Northumbrian was ...
Fiona Edmonds (born 1980) [1] is an English academic, a medievalist and historian of Britain and Ireland, specialising in the era between the sixth and the twelfth centuries, with a particular focus on the history of the Britons of Wales and the Old North, [2] as well as Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
The talk is entitled, "Lived Through This': Kristen Pfaff's hidden archive and influence'. [37] [38] Mankowski told No Treble magazine, 'Jason offered to share with me his sister’s unopened archive and collaborate and to share with me her recorded diary tapes.' He added, 'The book draws from Pfaff’s archive of essays, letters, and diary ...
Many historical northern dialects reflect the influence of Old Norse. [15] [16] In addition to previous contact with Vikings, during the 9th and 10th centuries most of northern and eastern England was part of either the Danelaw or the Danish-controlled Kingdom of Northumbria (except for much of present-day Cumbria, which was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde).
According to linguist Paul Johnston, Scots descends "from a radically restructured, Norse-influence Northumbrian going back to the Danelaw proper as much as from the original dialects of the Bernician settlers." [3] Further Scandinavian influence could have come about through Scotland's trade contacts with Norway. Current insights into pre ...
Northumbrian Old English had been established in south-eastern Scotland as far as the River Forth in the 7th century and largely remained there until the 13th century, which is why in the late 12th century Adam of Dryburgh described his locality as "in the land of the English in the Kingdom of the Scots" [1] and why the early 13th century author of de Situ Albanie wrote that the Firth of Forth ...
Ecclesiastical influence in the royal court was not an unusual phenomenon in Northumbria, and usually was most visible during the rule of a young or inexperienced king. Similarly, ealdorman, or royal advisors, had periods of increased or decreased power in Northumbria, depending on who was ruling at the time.
Byrhtferth's signature appears on only two unpublished works, his Latin and Old English Manual, and Latin Preface.He also composed a Latin life of St. Egwin, compiled a chronicle of Northumbrian history in the 990s, wrote a Latin life of Oswald of Worcester (the Vita Oswaldi) about the year 1000, and it is suggested that he is responsible for the early sections of the Historia regum, or ...