In Chapter VIII. we read how the fierce Northmen settled in our land, and on pages 59–61 it was shown how numerous are Danish place-names in the East Riding of Yorkshire. But it is not only in the place-names of the district that we find proofs of the presence of the Northmen. There are in common use among the inhabitants of the East Riding scores of words that are purely Danish words, handed down from father to son, almost or quite unchanged during more than a thousand years. Some are as follows:— WORDS USED BY THE MODERN STANDARD WORDS USED IN EAST NORSEMEN 1000 YEARS ENGLISH. YORKSHIRE TO-DAY. AGO.[70] AT that (conjunction) AT BAND string, cord BAND BARN child BA’AN or BARN BELJA to cry, shout out BEEAL BUINN ready BOON DALIGR dismal, lonely DOWLY DENGJA to strike DING, DENG FLYTJA to change one’s abode FLIT FRA from FRA GARTHR yard GARTH GATA road, way GATE GAUKR cuckoo GOWK GYMBR female lamb GIMMER HLAUPA to leap LOWP HNEFI fist NEEAF KETLINGR kitten KITLIN KJARR low-lying land CARR KLEGGI horse-fly KLEG LEIKA to play LAIK MEGIN very MAIN MOLDVARPA mole MOODIEWARP MUNU must MUN REYKR smoke REEK SKAELA to overturn SKEL UP SKJAPPA basket SKEP SLAKKI hollow SLACK SLEIPR slippery SLAAPE STIGI ladder STEE THETTR watertight THEET THRONGR busy THRONG Footnote 70: In reading these, it should be remembered that the Norse J=_y_, AU=_ow_, EI or EY=_ai_, and V=_w_.