How Vikings named in the Hebrides and Irish Sea: - a fresh view on Saga place-names and how they may help explain Scandinavian settlement in North-West Britain.

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The paper is a discussion on how saga place-names may help nuance our knowledge of Scandinavian settlement in the Hebrides and in the Irish Sea, if we juxtapose and compare them to surviving place-names of Scandinavian origin. The paper will specifically concentrate on establishing whether or not it is possible to say anything about the incoming Scandinavians' attitudes towards the native populations and their languages.