Кельтські запозичення в давньоанглійській мові

Abstract

The purpose of the paper was two-sided, aiming (1) to test the assertion that Celtic loanwords in Old English were represented very sparsely, and in the majority of cases concerned toponyms; and (2) to attempt to analyse the presence of Celtic loanwords in the Old English language. For the purpose of achieving the aims, the following objectives were outlined: 1. To study the theory and resource materials on the topic; 2. To determine the traditionally accepted and recently suggested Celtic lexical borrowings in Old English; 3. To elucidate four characteristics of Celtic loanwords (number, frequency, part of speech, and semantic field); 4. To analyse the percentage correlation of the obtained list of loanwords with the traditional one; 5. To outline the Celtic loanwords in Old English that are still being used in Presentday English, if any.