Shetland words
Author: Alastair Christie-Johnston
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781904746829
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The Shetland Dialect
Author: Peter Sundkvist
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1000214842
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The traditional dialect spoken in the Shetland Isles, the northernmost part of Scotland and Britain, is highly distinct. It displays distinct, characteristic features on all linguistic levels and particularly in its sound system, or its phonology. The dialect is one of the lesser- known varieties of English within the Inner Circle. Increasing interest in the lesser- known varieties of English in recent years has brought a realization that there are still blanks on the map, even within the very core of the Inner Circle. Sundkvist’s comprehensive treatise draws upon results from a three- year research project funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, for which a phonological survey of the Shetland dialect was carried out between 2010 and 2012. This book is a useful resource for those working on historical linguistics and is intended to serve as a comprehensive description and accessible reference source on one of the most distinct lesser- known varieties of English within Britain. It documents and offers a systematic account of the rich regional variation as well as being a reference source for those studying the historical formation and emergence of the Shetland dialect and language variation and change in Shetland, as well as those within the broader field of Germanic linguistics.
The Shetland Dictionary
Author: John J. Graham
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This revised edition of The Shetland Dictionary is designed to aid readers in understanding and expanding their knowledge of Shetland. It includes over 150 additional words and is intended as a consistent source of reference.
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Author: Ernest Marwick
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 2020-05-07
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1788852729
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland
An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and Orkney Dialect
Shetland Words
Author: Alastair Christie-Johnston
Publisher:
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781904746584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An easy-to-use and informative compendium of Shetland words, this dictionary provides a useful starting point for those interested in the origin of Shetland words.
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
Shetland Mist
Author: Heather Leslie Hammer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2022-10-21
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1666751871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ann Leslie, wife of a fisherman-farmer and mother of nine, faces one tragedy after another on a wind-swept coast in the far-northern Shetland Islands of the 1800s. Her two-room crofthouse and rocky plot of land leased from the wealthy landowner can hardly produce enough wool and grain. When her husband is gone at sea, what sustains her? Though Ann is poor in material goods, she is rich in spirit. She draws strength from the ministers and neighbors she meets in Christian worship. Though she trusts in God, she bares her doubts in prayer: What disaster will befall her next? What good is God in the face of great loss? What comfort will sustain her through trials she never imagined? Readers will ask themselves the questions that plague Ann, for who doesn't struggle with what to expect of a partner, how to keep children safe, and where to find God in life's losses and uncertainties? Shetland Mist tells how one resilient woman musters the courage to keep going even when she can barely detect a path forward through the thick and gloomy mist.
Shetland Bible
Author: Charles Greig
Publisher: Saint Andrew Press
Published: 2014-08-05
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0861537335
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Shetland tongue has, in many ways, been blessed by its isolation, making it both unmistakable and unlike anything else you will hear on the British Isles. This work contains 81 popular Bible stories that help readers to see the Bible afresh.
