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XLVIII pəti (päiti) [*pytti],. rɩgagitəl [hryggjar-]. slȯdər, slȯrd [*slytr], $1$ . sȯtᶊkins (sȯƫᶊkins) [systkin]. tød [þytr]. — b) long vowel-sound (ø̄) in a few words, as: to smø̄r [smyrja]. to spø̄r [spyrja]. ø̄l [ylr]. To this rule also belong ni̇̄, nø̄ [*nyt?],, $2$.

12. “ý” —  a) ø̄, i̇̄,  (like long  “y” in ) äi; b) ø, i. Examples:

a) drø̄lin [*drýll]. to flø̄d [flýta], $2$. gø̄r [gýgr]. hø̄ [hý], $1$. de *ᶄø̄r(ə)n [kýrnar], *. lø̄ [lýðr], $2$. *skø̄ [ský] (see Fragments of Norn, riddles), to *bri̇̄ [brýna]. ti̇̄li [þýðligr]. — i̇̄ and ø̄ alternate in, [lýrr], $1$, to skäil and skø̄l, sᶄø̄l [skýla]. b) -bøsni [býsn],. hømin [*hýming]. the place-name Mørna [mýrina], IV, § 20. — nivi [*hnýf-]. — i and ø alternate in, : grik and (more rarely) grøk.
 * skri̇̄vlin, skrø̄vlin [*skrýflingr]. ø̄ and äi alternate in, lø̄r and läiri

Long and short vowels alternate in, : grø̄tək (grø̄ta) and grødək [grýta]. trø̄ni and trøni [trýni]. sti̇̄vin and stivən [*stýfingr].

13. “æ” —  a) ē; b) e, ɛɛ [sic] (æ),  Examples:

a) kēr, kērə [kærr]. lēr = †$1$. skrēlin [skrælingr]. swēl [svæla], $2$. vēn [vænn]. — b) ɛrək, ærək [*æringr],. to res [ræsa], $2$. e, ə, i in: dwetəl, dwətəl, twidəl [*þvætl, *þvætla], see § 36. ȯ in grȯla [ græla].

14. “œ” —  a) ø̄; b) ø (: e). Examples:

a) a bø̄li [bœli], $1$. *fø̄r [fœra] (see Fragments of Norn, conversation), kø̄d [*kœða]. -mø̄ [mœða, -i], $4$. — b) beniman (for *bøniman) [*bœna(r)maðr]. bø̄di [*bœti], $2$,. lølək [hlœgligr]. møni [mœna]. søt(a) [sœtr].

Long and short vowels alternate in, : bø̄di and bøti [*bœti], $2$,.

15. “ǫ” —  a) ȯ, o (u), ɔ, ə, ø; b) ō, ø̄.

a) bə‘rk [bǫrkr], . fjȯra-, fjora, fjɔra [fjǫru from fjara]. to hjog [hǫggva],, . hogi [hǫgg], $1$, , homliband, hȯm(b)li- [hǫmluband]. jokəl [jǫkull]. jɔkəl [ǫxl], , . kos, kus [kǫs] = kjȯs. ᶊȯn (ᶊȯdən) and ᶊøn [tjǫrn], . spɔŋgət [spongóttr]. stɔŋ [stǫng], . tȯ‘rfət, tȯ‘rfi and tɔ‘rfi [*tǫrfóttr]. todələk, tudələk, tøþələp (tɔudilep) [*tǫðulaupr], . — b) fōri (fø̄rd?) [fǫr],. mōgət [mǫgóttr]. ø̄g = jōg, $1$.

ɛ (e), ē have found their way into a few words: dɛk [dǫkk], . reŋ [rǫng],. stɛŋ = stɔŋ (see ). — fjēl [fjǫl].

II. Vowel changes before palatalized consonants.

16. “a” regularly changes to ä ( ȯ or ɔ̇; the change a > o, ɔ) before palatalized consonants,  ᶅ and,  ƫ (ᶁ). "äit" replaces “äƫ". Examples:

bäᶅ =. -fäᶅ [fall],. skäᶅət [*skallóttr for skǫllóttr]. äᶇder (ȯᶇdər, ɔ̇ᶇdər) [anddyri]. äᶇdi [andi], $1$. *äᶇəhwa‘rt [annathvart]. bläᶇda [blanda]. bȯᶇ- (bɔ̇ᶇ-) [barn], *. fjäᶇdi [fjandi]. äƫifər (äitifər) and atwərs [atferð],. ȯᶁbə‘rt, ɔ̇ᶁ- (more rarely:
 * häᶇ, käᶇ [hann, kann], *, *, *. väᶇd [vandi].