336 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
(to ask), &c. The following French words are also due to the 
Northmen: bigot, canif, équiper, écraser, étoffe, gauche, gant, 
jaser, cracher, rincer, cingler (to sail), guichet, &c. It is the 
opinion of some that to the Danes may be traced the minstrelsy of 
our borders and the Scottish Lowlands. 
There are now in the press the first two volumes of a work by 
Dr. Dasent, entitled, ‘‘ A Collection of Sagas and other Historical 
Documents relating to the Settlements and Descents of the North- 
men on the British Isles.” The third volume will be under the 
joint editorship of Dr. Dasent and Mr. Vigfusson. These volumes 
will very probably bring to light many treasures of historic infor- 
mation which have hitherto lain buried in the rich storehouse of 
Scandinavian literature. 
