Diana Whaley

List of John Benjamins publications in which Diana Whaley is involved.

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Whaley, Diana 2026 Chapter 14. Scandinavian lexis in the place-names of northernmost England From Carving Runestones to Digitizing Skaldic Poetry: Studies in Germanic philology and historical linguistics, Bolter, David, Erin Noelliste, Christopher D. Sapp and Lane Sorensen (eds.), pp. 239–258 | Chapter

This paper investigates the etymologies of “candidate” medieval place-names of the historic county of Northumberland which potentially contain Scandinavian lexis. It considers how Scandinavian- derived lexical items, whether in general use or specifically toponymic use, might have entered… read more