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Rh words composed with halv half : halvanden one and a half, halvsjette five and a half; Aa‘rhundrede century and Aa‘rtusinde milennium as a rule have the accent on their first part (aar) but may also have it on the second.

2) compounds the first part of which are prepositions have the stress on the first part when the word as a whole belongs to the same class of words as its second part, but on the second part when this is governed by the preposition; Ex : O‘verhoved (pron. O‘verhode) chief, headman, but overho‘vedet (pr. overho‘de) upon the whole, tilsjö‘s on sea, tilla‘nds on land, igaar‘ yesterday, imor‘gen to-morrow, For‘sommer spring, For‘tid past tense, but forti‘den for the time being. Obs. Efterret‘ning news, but U‘nderretning or Underre‘tning information, forbi‘ by, but fo‘rbigaa to pass by.

des is unstressed when indicating a comparison: desvœ‘rre the worse, alass, desme‘re the more etc.; but when it represents the old gen. of demonstrative pronoun ruled by the second part of the composition it has the stress: des‘aarsag on that account, des‘angaaende thereabout, des‘foruden moreover besides that (but desu‘den besides, desforme‘delst for that reason). i in adverbial compounds never has the stress: imo‘d against, igje‘n again, ibla‘ndt among; saa is stressed when indicating manner: saa‘lydende reading as follows, saa‘kaldet so called; but unstressed when indicating degree: saasna‘rt as soon, saafre‘mt provided, saavi‘dt as far as.

Kanhœ‘nde perhaps, maaske‘ (pr. maasje‘ or maaske‘) perhaps; but ka‘nske (pr. ka‘nskə or ka‘nsjə) perhaps.

134. Different from the stress accent is the musical accent. There are two kinds of musical accent employed in single words, the monosyllabic and the dissyllabic. The former is used in (original) monosyllables and in so far corresponds with the Danish “Stødtone” (Glottal catch), while the dissyllabic accent belongs to (originally) dissyllabic or polysyllabic words.