--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <oydman@...> wrote:

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> "Danir" is Danish,

"Danes". The singular is <Dani>, the adjective <danskr> (Modern Icelandic <danskur>).

> and "Englendingur" is English...

"an English person"

> Is there such a thing as a Danir-Englendingur?

<Danir> ends in a nominative plural inflection, and words inflected in that way aren't used form the first element of a compound word.

> If you were referring to a person of Danish language/culture, living in Britain, what term would be used? Danir úr Engeland?

Good question. I don't know the answer in general, but here are a couple of quotes I found from Egils saga. I'm sure there must be more out there. It seems from these that nationality had a lot to do with who you were descended from, and being of one nationality didn't exclude having another too. We could also look at sources that mention people of Scandinavian descent who settled in Ireland or Russia.

Óláfr rauði hét konungr á Skotlandi; hann var skozkr at föðurkyni, en danskr at móðurkyni
"There was a king of Scotland called Olaf the Red. He was Scottish on his father's side, and Danish on his mother's side."

því at á Norðimbralandi váru þeir einir menn, ef nokkut var til, at danska ætt áttu at faðerni eða móðerni, en margir hvárirtveggju
"because there were in Northumbria only such men of any importance as those who had Danish family on their father's side, or their mother's side, or both."