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Rh 109. nd and ld are as a rule pronounced nn and ll: Mand (nn) man, Mund (nn) mouth, kold (ll) cold, Kulde (lle) subst. cold, holde (lle) to hold, volde (lle) to cause.

d is pronounced as d after l before r: Alder age, Bulder noice, Hulder wood nymph, Skulder shoulder; and in the following words: Gilde company, hilde to snare, Kilde fountain, Olding old man, Ælde age, Vœlde power; furthermore in derivative words when the ending commences in a vowel: gylden golden, heldig fortunate (but Hel(d) fortune).

d is pronounced after n before r and l: andre others, handle to deal, Handel (pr. handl) a deal; d is also pronounced in derivatives: sandelig verily, sandig sandy; also as a rule in Kvinde woman, Minde reminiscence; jeg har i Sinde I have in mind (but jeg gjorde det i Sinne I did it in anger), Kunde customer.

110. d is mute 1) before s a) after a short vowel, in which case ds is pronounced ss: be(d)st best, Bi(d)sel bridle, bi(d)sk snappish, Pla(d)s place, Kry(d)s cross, hind quarter, pu(d)sig funny, and many others; b) in some words after a long vowel: Lo(d)s pilot, lo(d)se to pilot, Seila(d)s sailing, Straba(d)s (or ts) exertion; c) between n and s: Brœn(d)sel fuel, min(d)ske to decrease (the orthographic rule is to write d between n and s in the words derived from primitives with d: Ex. : Han(d)ske glove, from Haand hand; but danse to dance, Grœnse limit, etc.); 2) before t when a d belonging to the stem comes before an inflective t: Ex. : god—go(d)t good, blöd—blö(d)t soft lide—li(d)t (part.) suffer; [before t of a derivative ending d is retained in writing when the ending consists of t alone; Ex. : et Skri(d)t a step, et Ri(d)t a ride ; but changed into t when the ending consists of t with a following vowel: god—gotte sig to regal one's self.]

111. d is mute in some words after r; the preceding