Re: écagne, and ConLand names in translation (was: RE: RV: Old English)
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 31, 2000, 12:33 |
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 03:40:10 +0100, And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:
>2. Reading the recent discussion on Old English initial SC-, I wonder how
>an early borrowing of Latin _Scungria_ into OE would come out in modern
>English. _Shunger_? May the List's collective wisdom be loosed upon this
>question...
An early borrowing (7th century or so) might yield _Shinger_ (riming
with _finger_ rather than _singer_). Maybe, with a more ornamental
traditional spelling: _Shyngre_.
Basilius