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L. ᶅūm(i) [ljómi], ,. njogəl, ᶇogəl [nykr], . sᶇukər (sᶇokər), sᶇuger (sᶇoger) [snykr],,.

III. The old diphthongs (ei, au [ǫu], øy) in Shetlandic have become monophthongs.

20. ei —  a) ē (ɛ̄ɛ̄ [sic], ǣ),  prefixed by j (jē, ); b) e, ɛɛ [sic], and prefixed by j: jɛjɛ [sic]. Examples:

a) blēg (but Blegəna, IV, § 20). ēd [eið], * ( in place-names). ēs [eisa], es, fjēdin [*feitingr]. grē(d) [greiði], and . jɛ̄, jǣ [eið]. kēb [keipr]. mēᶊi [meiss]. skrē [skreið], $1$. vēdək, vjēdək [veit(a)], $2$. b) etər and jɛdər [eitr]. fɛdməl [feitr]. hɛᶅa- [heillar-], *. to hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt [heimta], $1$. jɛma [eimr]. lɛra [ leira]. rɛdᶊkab [reiðskapr].

ben in, such as: benibitər, is bein. Furthermore en, ben, sten, assimilate to Scottish ane [one], bane [bone], stane [stone].

21. au (ǫu) —  a) ō, mostly with prefixed j: jō, and ø̄; b) o, ɔ, ȯ, u, ø. r is usually followed by ø̄ or ø. Examples:

a) bjōg [baugr], $1$. to gjōl [gaula]; on the other hand: to gȯᶅ·brø̄l·. *hjōg [haugr], $1$. hø̄g in a (place-name), see IV, § 20, the end; short vowel-sound in hjok·fəᶇ·i (hjɔk-) [*haugfunnin], . *jōga [auga], * and *$2$. *jōra and ōrna- [øyra], * and, -. a tōm [taumr]. brø̄d [braut]. skø̄vi [skauf], $1$. stø̄ri [staurr]. — ø̄ and ō alternate in the place-name Sø̄bel and Sōbel: see ,  b) a gjɔpm (gɔpm) $2$ [gaupn], , *grøtᶊta [*grautstaðr]. klȯstər, kløstər, klostər (klustər) [klaustr]. -lop (-lup) (vandilop, -lup) [hlaup], and,. Iopilopi [sic], lupi [laupr], $1$,.

Long and short vowel alternate in : nø̄d and not, nut [naut], , $1$, . *rø̄ and *rød [rauðr]. rø̄n(i) and røni [hraun].

In a few cases the sound ɔu is found preserved (owing to Scottish influence), : to ɔus [ausa],. ɔus·kær·i [aus(t)ker],. op·lɔu·sin = -lousin’.

22. øy —  ø̄ (rarely ē). Examples:

klø̄vin [*kløyfingr]. a lø̄bin [*hløypingr]. rø̄dastab [*royðarstabbi]. to strø̄ [strøyja]. sø̄da [*søyða]. an *ø̄r, old measure of land, ⅛ of a ma‘rk, mæ‘rk [mǫrk], $2$;  øyrir. Change of ø̄ ( øy) to ē has taken place, : ēr ( ø̄r), $3$.

Short vowel (ȯ) in rȯdərastȯb [*røyðrarstabbi or -stubbi].

23. The combinations já, jó, and jú in commonly change to ø̄ (ø) in Examples:

klø̄ [ at kljá]. lø̄(d) (lød) [hljóð]. to rø̄d [hrjóta], $1$.
 * drø̄g [drjúgr]. *førə [fjórir] (Fragments of Norn, riddles), to

In Foula an older “ljó” is partly preserved as ljū and (with