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Gosford, Earl of, 1884, April 21 and 10 days. P. Gossett, Rev. I., 1813, June 7 and 22 days. S. Gough, Richard, 1810, April 5 and 19 days. S. Graham, Sir James R. G., 1861, Dec. 19-21. P. Graham, Bishop John, 1866, March 8 and 4 days. Granville, John, Earl, 1763, March 26 and 6 days

Prestage. Grave, Robert, 1803, April 18 and 7 days. S.

1826, May 4-5. S.

Graves, Francis, 1864, July 14-15. S.

Gray, the poet (MSS.), 1851, Aug. 28. S.

Gresley, Sir Roger, 1838, May 22-24. E.

Greville, R. K., 1867, Jan. 10-11. S.

Grinfield, Rev. E. W., 1865, Jan. 11-13. S.

Guild, J. Wyllie, 1888, April 16 and 9 days. T

Chapman & Sons, Edinburgh. The last day o

this sale comprised a remarkable collectioi

of books, engravings, miniatures, &c., of anc

relating to Mary, Queen of Scotland.

Guildford, Earl of, Part 11., 1829, Jan. 12 and

5 days. E.

Gutch, J. M., F.S.A., 1858, March 16 and 8 days. S Gwilt, Joseph, F.S.A., 1854, May 31 to June 2. P. Gwinnett, Mrs. Emilia, 1816, Oct. 22-24. S.

W. ROBERTS.

47, Lansdowne Gardens, S.W. (To be continued.)

THE Loss OF "w" IN SCANDINAVIAN. We have had some discussion as to whether the loss of w in woman in our dialects is due to the influence of Scandinavian or Celtic. No evidence has yet been adduced on either side, so I propose to give some examples of its frequency in Scandinavian.

In Icelandic initial w was frequently dropped before the vowels o and u. The later Icelandic of the middle and modern periods has turned every w into v ; so that the fact is somewhat obscured.

However, where English has wolf, wonder, wool, wort, wound, wierd (i.e., fate), Icelandic has ulfr, undr, ull, urt (orjurt), urdr. Observe the very form ull which is wanted to produce the Scottish W.*

Where English has wood (in the sense of mad), Woden, word, worm, Icelandic has odr, Odinn, ord, and orm. The Mid.-Eng. wonen, to dwell, comes out as una, and the verb to work is represented by yrkja. But by far the most striking examples are seen in the con- jugation of the strong verbs. Thus examples of u for wu appear in ullu, pt. t. pi. of vella, to boil (O. Icel. wella) ; ultu, pt. t. pi. of velta, to roll (cf. E. welter) ; urdu, pt. t. pi. of verda, to become ; urpu, pt. t. pi. of verpa, to throw ; undinn, pp. of vinda, to wind ; unninn, pp. of vinna* to win ; sulgu, pt. t. pi. of svelgja, to swallow ; sullu, pt. t. pi. of svella, to swell ; sultu, pt. t. pi. of svelta, to die ; surju, pt. t.

"wool" is till, ana the Danish is idd ; and so on for other words.
 * The habit is quite general. The Swedish for

pi. of sverfa, to file ; summu, pt. t. pi. of svimma, to swim. Examples of o for wo appear in ojinn, woven ; ollinn, welled, i.e., boiled ; oltinn, pp. of velta (above) ; ordinn, pp. of verda ; orpinn, pp. of verpa ; thorrinn, pp. of thverra, to wane ; solginn, swallowed ; sollinn, swollen ; sorfinn, pp. of sverfa ; horfinn, pp. of hverfa, to rotate.

We even find o for wo ; thus the pt. t. of v ada, to wade, is od, not wod ; and the pt. t. of vaxa, to wax or grow, is ox.

Here are over thirty examples by way of a beginning, which is pretty good.

We find the same characteristic in the work of Norman scribes. Thus, in 'Haye- lok the Dane ' we have wlf for wulf, which was certainly pronounced oolf, as a com- parison of examples shows ; and this is how the Welsh came by the symbol w for the sound of oo. We all know that w was a Norman symbol that replaced the Saxon symbol called wen in the thirteenth cen- tury. WALTER W. SKEAT.

DANISH CHURCH, W ELLCLOSE SQUARE. The following transcript of a MS. I have ately found among some old papers and deeds seems worthy of beine preserved in N. & Q.':-

An account of, the Building, Charges, and inishing, &c., of the Danish Church in Well Close Square.

M.DC.XCVI

Che Kings Patent under the Great

Seal ............... 60

Attorneys Bill for Drawing of Con-

tracts, &c ............. 22

Baying the Foundation, and Brick-

layers Work ............ 761

Mason's Work ............ 1004

Carpenter's Do ............. 668

Plumber's ............... 276

'laisterers ............ 208

oyners ......... ... 460

Smith's ............... 242

Carvers ............... 96

Glaziers ............ ... 37

d.

'ainting and Gilding Upholdsters for Lineing of Pews,

and the Pews for Prince George

with Velvet .........

lat Stones to Lay the Floor ...

Charges on the Pulpit ......

undry Labourers Work

leasuring the Work ......

undry Charges paid by the Parson Wanting of Trees ......

undry other Charges

L n Organ ......

k.n Altar-piece

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Mr. Gibber the Architect took nothing for his rouble and the Pulpit was given by Prince George F Denmark,

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