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Rh 3) in some words with the prefix for representing the German ver; Ex. : Forfa‘tter author, forgaa‘sig to offend, forfö‘re to seduce, Fornu‘ft reason; but: fo‘ranstalte to cause to be done, fo‘rarbeide to manufacture, Fo‘rbud prohibition (but forby‘de to prohibit), Fo‘rbund alliance (but forbi‘nde sig to agree), Fo‘rhold relation (but forho'lde sig to behave), Fo‘rlag publishing, Fo‘rlœgger publisher (but forlœ‘gge to publish), Fo‘rmue competency, Fo‘rsög attemt (but forsö‘ge to try), Fo‘rsvar defence (but forsva‘re to defend, Forsva‘rer defender). When for represents the preposition for (Germ. für, vor, Eng. fore) then it has the stress: Fo‘rbön intercession, Fo‘rbjerg promuntory, Fo‘rgaard fore court, Fo‘rhæng curtain, Fo‘rtand foretooth, Fo‘rnavn Christian name, Fo‘rfald impediment (but forfa‘lden decayed).

4) words with the negative prefix u (Eng. un-, in-) as a rule have the stress on the first syllable; Ex. : U‘naade disgrace; but adjectives ending in -elig and those ending in -lig which are derived from verbs and denote a feasibility have the stress on that syllable of the second part of the compound, which had the accent before the composition took place; Ex. : ubeha‘gelig disagreeable, umu‘lig impossible, usaa‘rlig invulnerable, ugjö‘rlig not feasible. Also a great many other adjectives in -lig and -ig have the stress on the second part of the compound: uanstæ‘dig indecent, usœdva‘nlig unusual, uhe‘ldig unfortunate, ua‘gtet although, but u‘farlig not dangerous, u‘personlig impersonal, u‘naturlig unnatural or unatu‘rlig.

5) The suffixes -inde and -ri generally have the stress: Lœreri‘nde (lady) teacher, Generali‘nde general's wife, Hykleri‘ hypocrisy, Tyveri‘ theft, (but Svi‘neri and Gri‘seri piggery, filthiness take the stress on the first syllable). The suffixes -else and -ning usually when added to compound words