Chapter published in:
Early Germanic Languages in Contact
Edited by John Ole Askedal and Hans Frede Nielsen
[NOWELE Supplement Series 27] 2015
► pp. 203–221

Identifying and Dating Norse-Derived Terms in Medieval English: Approaches and Problems

Published online: 11 June 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.27.11pon
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