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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
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3 sg. pres. of _halda_, "to hold."
W.S. _i gær_, "yesterday," E.S. _i gar_.
W.S. _lǫnd_, pl. "land," E.S. _land_.

2. Development of _i_, _e_, _y_ into a consonantal _i_ in
diphthongs in W. S., not so in E. S., e.g.,

W.S. _siá_, "to see," E.S. _sēa_.
W.S. _fiánde_, "enemy," E.S. _fiande_.
W.S. _biár_, "of a village," E.S. _býar_.

3. Assimilation of _mp_, _nk_, _nt_, respectively, to _pp_, _kk_,
_tt_ in W.S., retention of them in E.S., e.g.,

W.S. _kroppen_, "crippled," E.S. _krumpin_.
W.S. _ækkia_, "widow," E.S. _ankia_.
W.S. _batt_, "bound," E.S. _binda_.
pret. of _binda_,

4. The Medio-passive:

W.S. _sk_, e.g., _kallask_, E.S. _s_, _kallas_.

5. Pronominal forms:

W.S. _ek_, _vér_ (_mér_), E.S. _iak_, _vīr_,
_ér_ (_þer_), _sem_, _īr_, _sum_.


8. REMARKS.
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