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VI
Preface.
to the present time chiefly on the northern dialects of the English peasantry. Many provincialisms are thus retained by them the etymology of which can be traced to a Scandinavian origin. The following, selected from a large number, will sufficiently illustrate this statement.
| Provincialisms. | English. | Icelandic. |
| bain | near | beinn |
| bawk | a cross beam | bálkr |
| beck | brook | bekkr |
| bigg | barley | bygg |
| duck | cloth | dúkr |
| eldin | kindling | elding |
| fell | mountain | fjall |
| to flit | to remove | flytja |
| force | waterfall | fors |
| frosk | frog | froskr |
| garth | enclosure (yard) | garđr |
| gaumless | half silly | gaumr (heed) |
| gill | cleft | gil |
| to girn | to yearn | girna |
| gowk | cuckoo | gaukr |
| to grave | to dig | grafa |
| to harry | to plunder | herja |
| hegg | bird-cherry | heggr |
| host | cough | hosti |
| ing | meadow | eng |
| kitling | kitten | kettlingr |
| to lake | to play | leika |
| lathe | barn | hlađa |
| lift | air | lopt |
| ling | heather | lyng |
| muck | dung | myki |
| neive | fist | hnefi |
| puck | goblin | púki |
| rang | wrong | rangr |
| rig | back | hryggr |
| to rive | to tear in pieces | rífa |
