Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
The History of English Podcast
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Old English and Norse Words
Many words can be identified in part by their norse k sound before the front vowels. The word kilt, which we associate with scotland, is actually a norse word. Other examples of using a sound change to reveal norse words occurs with the s k sound,. As we've seen before, the anglo saxons didn't like that sound some reason, and it generally shifted to an s h sound.
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