The Dialect and Place Names of Shetland - Two Popular Lectures (1897) (Hardcover)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: big boulder. There is a place in Bressay called "de Ord," and one in Dunrossness called " de Ords." Hurdi- felt in Northmavine is a steep rocky hill, full of down- fallen boulders. I now turn to the various forms of projection along the shore. The name Hevda or Hevdi (O.N. hofSi, derived from hofuff, head) is applied to a head-shaped headland. There is f.i. " Eswick Hevda " (South Nesting), " Easter and Wester Hevda" (Fo). Hevda-grun is a fishing- ground (" grun ": from O.N. grunn-r) between Foula and the mainland, so called from its proximity to the headland " Easter Hevdi." Hevdigarth (Midyell) is the name of a house, situated at the foot of the headland called " de Head o' Hevdigarth." " De Hfs " (Sandness is the name of a headland? " h0s " being O.N. hauss, skull, head. " De Snjs" is the name of a headland in Foula? " sn0s " being the word " nose " in its pure old form. I may in this connection mention "de snushiks" a name given to a small wooden frame, put on a calfs nose to prevent it from sucking the mother. Niv denotes, like Far. njv, a long jutting-out headland, f.L " de Niv " at Haroldswick, U; in Icelandic nof and ndp signify " nose." Noss (applied to a peak- or nose-shaped headland) is probably the word "nose." Instances: "the isle of Noss;" " Noss " in Dunrossness (headland, township.) The names Noop and Neep are both applied to a peak-shaped headland. They are derived from O.N. (g)ntip-r and (g)nipa, peak. Instances: "de Noop o' Noss," "de Neep" (North Nesting). The name Bard is applied to a headland whose top projects beyond its base, f.i. "de Bard o' Bressay." In O.N. the word bard is applied to the stem of a ship, properly the continuation of the keel fore and aft. Mool is O.N. mtiti, projecting upper lip, muzzle, (big, downhanging) m...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	February 2010
Authors:	Jakob Jakobsen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-97556-0
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LSN:	1-120-97556-5
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