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Preface.
VII
| Provincialisms. | English. | Icelandic. |
| royd | cleared space | rjóðr |
| sackless | simple | saklauss |
| scatte | tax | skattr |
| skuggy | gloomy | skuggi (shade) |
| to speer | to ask | spyrja |
| to steven | to bespeak | stefna |
| tale | number | tala |
| to thole | to endure | þola |
| to wale | to choose | velja |
| wark | pain | verkr. |
In the midland northern districts of England where the Danes and Norwegians mostly settled, a considerable number of places with names of Scandinavian descent, are to be found, such as:
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A thorough study of Scandinavian literature would elucidate many points in our early history which are now obscure, particularly that portion of it comprised in the Anglo-Saxon period; and since the Icelandic language is so closely akin to Anglo-Saxon, the parent of our own, it seems evident that
