Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
The History of English Podcast
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Old English and Norse Words Related to Gap and Gape
Yield and gild are the english and norse versions of the same germanic word. The vikings kept the harg and gave us gap and gape. And in gasp we can really see the link with the word yawn, since both involve opening the mouth. But at the end of a word, the new sound was usually either a w sound or a j sound.
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