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LINGUISTIC INFLUENCES 41
M. Ir. dta; O.N. hjalt,
’
a hilt
’
(of a sword).
M. Ir. mattal ; O.N. mdttull,
’
a cloak.’
M. Ir. mergge ; O.N. merki,
’
a flag
’
or
’
banner/
M. Ir. sceld ; .
O.N. skojldr, ’a shield.’
O. Ir. scot, lin scoit ; O.N. skaut,
’
a cloth,’ or
’
sheet.’
M. Ir. starga;
M. Ir. bailc;
M. Ir. fuindeog;
M. Ir. garda ;
M. Ir. holla;
M. Ir. span;
M. Ir. stdll;
Other interesting
O. Ir. armand,
armann ;
M. Ir. callaire ;
M. Ir. gunnfann ;
O. Ir. erell ; M. Ir.
iavla ;
M. Ir. lagmainn;
1
M. Ir. JPm;2
M. Ir. srdid;
M. Ir. sreang ;
M. Ir.
M. Ir.
O. Ir. ustaing ;
O.N. targa,
’
a shield.’
II. HOUSEBUILDING.
O.N. bdlkr,
’
a beam.’
O.N. vindauga,
’
a window.’
O.N. garthr,
’
a garden.’
O.N. hdll,
’
a hall.’
O.N. sparri,
’
a rafter.’
O.N. stdll,
’
a stool.’
III.
loan words are :
O.N. drmathr,
’
an officer.’
O.N. kalian,
’
a herald.’
O.N. gunnfdni,
’
a battle standard.’
O.N. jarl,
’
an earl.’
O.N. logmenn, plural of logmathr,
’
a
lawman.’
O.N. berserkr.
O.N. straeti,
’
a street.’
O.N. strengr,
’
a string.’
O.N. thraell,
’
a slave.’
O.N. thorskr,
’
codfish.’
O.N. hiisthing,
’
an assembly.’
1
In the Annals of the Four Masters (A.D. 960), lagmainn is the
name given to certain chieftains from the Hebrides who plundered
the southern and eastern coasts of Ireland.
2 The word occurs only once in Irish : cf. The Victorioits Career of
iin of Cashel, p. 140.
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