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Placenames in Orkney and their Nordic origin

Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:43 pm

From Starafjall to Starling Hill
An investigation of the formation and development of Old Norse place-names in Orkney
by Berit Sandnes
http://www.spns.org.uk/Starafjall.pdf

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Re: Placenames in Orkney and their Nordic origin

Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:54 pm

I love this essay!!! It's so useful. It's one of the source I've been using for my work on Orkney Nynorn. Some of the entries are real treasures (crovnofinya is a really interesting one)
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