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XLVI $1$. glærəl and glērla, glērlək. lɛm and lēm [hlemmr],. With this goes hækla (hēkla).

Sometimes an original “e” changes to o or ȯ owing to the preceding w, : hwȯli [ hvelja, kvölja],. hwopət (kwopət) [hvepti from hveppa], of,.

4. “é” —  jē (ē), jɛjɛ [sic], ɛɛ [sic].

Of this there are only a few examples: ᶊēla from *hjēla [héla], . *spjēlman [*spélmaðr]. sp(j)ēviti [*spévætti],. jɛlins [*élingar]. rɛta-dyke [réttar-].

é > ə, ȯ (after w) in wələ‘nt, wȯlə‘nt [vélindi],,.

5. “i” —  a) ɩ, e, ə, ʌ; b) i̇̄ (partly abbreviated to i). Examples:

a) ɩ, e, ə, ʌ (before r usually ə; ʌ before l, lf, lt and ŋk): bɩdi [biti]. bɩ‘rtək, be‘rtək, bə‘rtək [birta, -i]. də‘msk(a) [*dimska], dərəl [*dirl],, . drɩv [drif], $1$. el and ʌl  [íllrillr [sic]], . ə‘lta and ʌ‘lta, . fɩskafel [*fiskafjǫl]. gɩl (gɩlək, ꬶɩl) [gil] $1$. grɩnd [grind], həmna [*himna], . to hərd [hirða], . kɩbək [kippa]. kə‘r·kasuk·ni [*kirkjusókn]. to lɩn [lina], $1$. to mʌ‘ŋk [minnka], . nebərt [*niðrburðr], . ned [niðr]. to pepər and pəpər [pipra], , . pʌ‘ltək [piltr], . rɩvək (revək) [rifa]. sələk and sʌlək [*silungr], . to stərən [stirðna], . tə‘lfər, tʌ‘lfər [*þil(ju)far]). tərən =. — b) “i” has more rarely been preserved as i̇̄ or i: -li (ōrli, wȯrli) [-hlið]. li̇̄vən [lifandi]. mi̇̄d [mið], $1$. Alternation between “i̇̄” and “i” in bri̇̄m (bri̇̄v) and brimi [brimi], i̇̄ and jē in mȯn·vi̇̄g· and -vjēg [*munnvik].

6. “í” — : a) i̇̄,  (=  long “i” in ) äi; b) more rarely short: i, ɩ, e. Examples:

a) gri̇̄mi [gríma]. hwi̇̄ld [hvíld]. i̇̄bɩt [*íbit]. to ki̇̄v [kífa]. li̇̄ [hlíð]. litəl [lítill]. ri̇̄ [hríð]. to ri̇̄n [hrína], $1$. “jē (ē)” for “i̇̄” in ɔŋnibjēdər (ɔmnivēdər) = ɔŋglabiter. — i̇̄ and äi alternate in, : hwi̇̄ (kwi̇̄) and hwäi (kwäi) [kví]. — äi has found its way in, : äim [ím], . häim [ him], . to kläin [klína]. -skäi [skíð] in ērskäi [*arðskíð]. — b) nisək [hnísa]. risəl [hrísla]. sɩmən [sími],. tedbɔu(s) [*tíðbrá]. visək [vísa].

äi, i and ɩ alternate in “de sȯmərə läitla (läƫla) and l$e$itᶅa”, de lɩtla summer [sumarit lítla].

7. “o” —  a) o, ɔ, ȯ, ɔ̇, u; b) ō (ø̄). Examples:

a) -brɔd [brot], $1$. dɔf mould. fog and fɔg (fjog, fjȯg, fjok) [fok]. gȯr [gor]. grɔp [*grop]. hɔst [hosti]. kɔli [kola]. to krog, krɔg, krȯg [kroka]. krȯv [krof]. nog, nogin [*hnokkr], $2$, . rok [rok], $1$. -skȯd (af(a)skȯd, ø̄vərskȯd) [skot],, . slȯd [slot]. spȯrd [sporðr]. strȯba [stropi], . In a couple of words ɔ̇ replaces an o: bɔ̇d [boði], $2$, dɔ̇d [þot], . *brɩm·tɔ̇d·. In a few cases u replaces  “o”: krupin (kropin) [kroppinn]. urm- (orm-) [ormr], . — b) ō in, : frōd [froða], $2$,. to sōv [sofa], $1$. to t(j)ōg [toga]. — ø̄ replaces an older “o (oð)” in, : ɩn·bø̄ =. Further: mø̄ [moð], $2$, like the more common mor = $1$; in the : mȯdər = . ø̄ for long o or oa finds its way also into