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2) After r when the preceding vowel is long;

3) Before an –s (not being the genitive ending) d as a rule is not pronounced (and it is never pronounced before sk or between n and s); be(d)st best, Lo(d)s pilot, en Stads of a city (gen.), but Sta(d)s state, show.

4) Before t: go(d)t neuter of god good, spæ(d)t neuter of spæd tender, et Ri(d)t a ride.

5) Before k in the words Bø(d)ker cooper, Sne(d)ker joiner.

48. In many words of frequent occurrence d between two vowels is dropped together with the following vowel when the latter is ə; such words are Fader, Moder, Broder pron. Far, Mor, Bror father, mother, brother; in compounds also written