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Rh accent) ljo, : *ljūs [ljós], *ljus (see Fragments of Norn, verse of a song). *ataljos [*aptrljós],.

For ljó > ᶅū and (with dropped palatalization) lū, see §§ 19 (note) and 39.

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24. In a number of feminine words ending in a, and with a as the root-vowel, the u-mutation has found its way into the nominative.

blɔka, blɔk, bloga [ blaðka], and. *bɔŋga [bang]. fjora, fjɔra [fjara]. flȯdərək, flōd(ə)rək$1$ [*flaðra], , . fȯdək [fata] =,  lōdi [hlaða]$1$, $1$. lɔŋgafish [langa]. *skjɔldra [*skjaldra]. so‘lta [*salta],. ø̄g, jōg [aða], $1$.

a of the stem has been preserved in : bläᶇda [blanda]. a in blānd = $2$, has been lengthened.

25. The dropping of i-mutation, in many cases, is characteristic of the Shetlandic dialect.

ā, a have replaced ēē, [sic] ɛɛ [sic], æ : to hwarv [hverfa], $2$. lāma = lēm [hlemmr],. to râg [reka], $2$. (droᶅ-)ᶊlâgət [-slegit], = troll-. vâr [verði], $3$, (see vâr, IV, § 29). to vāv [vefja]. — ō (ɔ) ( á) has replaced ē (ɛɛ [sic]) ( æ) in : hōrin [*hæringr]. lōrin [*læringr]. rō [hræ], $3$. to rōn [ræna], $1$. *ᶊəᶅō·ga [ sjálægja], *, to sōd [sæta]. sōdi (sɔdi) [sæti], $1$. to sprōn [ spræna]. strōdi [ stræti], $1$. ūgjōvous [úgæfr]. verse 4 in the Foula ballad: “osta” [hæsta], v. 25: “grothe” [grætr], v. 35: “bo” [bæði]. In Low’s list of words: “oron” [= ær-in], ewe. smōra. — o (ɔ), u, ū ( o, u, ó, ú) have replaced ø, ø̄, ȯ, ə, ɩ, i, i̇̄ ( y, œ, ý) in : to āndū [ andœfa]. *boga [ bygg], *. borlibānd;. hjɔ‘nsa, jɔ‘nsi. orməl, urməl [*yrmill or yrmlingr]. ros(s)i and roᶊən, ruᶊən [hryssa-n],, to rū [ rýja], $4$. to stū [ stýfa], $1$. trogəl [trygill],, $1$. verse 30 in the Foula ballad: “otsta” [ytsta].
 * droka [ drykrr and drykkja], *. hūnək [hœna].

In a number of words, forms without mutation are found side by side with mutated forms. Alternation between ō and ø̄ appears in klōvin and klø̄vin; between ū and ø̄ in būnək and bø̄nək = , krūgi and krø̄gi [*krœki], $2$,.

Alternation between ø and ɔ (ɔu) occurs in : østət milk and ɔstət (ɔustət) milk [yst mjólk].

26. of “e, i” is found in a few words where it is absent in : bja‘rtin [birtingr]. to *fjâl [fela]. Kwatə jāda [hvat er þat], see Fragments of Norn, conversation, and verse 4 in the Foula ballad “Whar an yaar” [hvar hann er], v. 13: “yach” [ek]. — jā for “é” is found in: spjâlər [*spélari]; on the other hand,
 * spjēlman.

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