The determination of the amount of Danish in English is difficult. It is not difficult to prove a word _Scandinavian_; but, then, we must also show that it is not German as well. A few years back the current opinion was against the doctrine that there was much Danish in England. At present, the tendency is rather the other way. The following facts are from Mr. Garnett.--"Phil. Trans." vol. i. 1. The Saxon name of the present town of _Whitby_ in Yorkshire was _Streoneshalch_. The present name _Whitby_, _Hvitby_, or _Whitetown_, is Danish. 2. The Saxon name of the capital of Derbyshire was _Northweortheg_. The present name is Danish. 3. The termination -by = _town_ is Norse. 4. On a monument in Aldburgh church, Holdernesse, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, referred to the age of Edward the Confessor, is found the following inscription:-- _Ulf_ het aræran cyrice _for hanum_ and for Gunthara saula. "Ulf bid rear the church for him and for the soul of Gunthar." Now, in this inscription, _Ulf_, in opposition to the Anglo-Saxon _Wulf_, is a Norse form; whilst _hanum_ is a Norse dative, and by no means an Anglo-Saxon one.--Old Norse _hanum_, Swedish _honom_. 5. The use of _at_ for _to_ as the sign of the infinitive mood is Norse, not Saxon. It is the regular prefix in Icelandic, Danish, Swedish, and Feroic. It is also found in the northern dialects of the Old English, and in the particular dialect of Westmoreland at the present day. 6. The use of _sum_ for _as_; e.g.,--_swa sum_ we forgive oure detturs. 7. Isolated words in the northern dialects are Norse rather than Saxon. _Provincial._ _Common Dialect._ _Norse._ Braid _Resemble_ Braas, _Swed._ Eldin _Firing_ Eld, _Dan._ Force _Waterfall_ Fors, _D. Swed._ Gar _Make_ Göra, _Swed._ Gill _Ravine_ Gil, _Iceland._ Greet _Weep_ Grata, _Iceland._ Ket _Carrion_ Kiöd--flesh, _Dan._ Lait _Seek_ Lede, _Dan._ Lathe _Barn_ Lade, _Dan._ Lile _Little_ Lille, _Dan._