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Rh d) pt (bd) for ft is found, eg.e.g. [sic]: *apta, furthermore abbreviated to skɛbdək [*skeptingr]. ps in *vɛps [ vepts, vepz,  of veptr], *. In place-names Tȯpti- (Təpti-), Tȯptəns (Təptəns) alternate with Taft [ þopt].
 * ap, *åp or *ɔp = aptann, : jøl ap(ta),  skɛptin and

e) Transposition of consonants. vl [ fl] and lv: a kɛvəl [ kefli]; on the other hand, kɛlvək, kɛlva ɔlək. skalvə [skafl], $2$, gl > ᶅg: mȯᶅgət [ myglaðr]. — lm and ml alternate, : to skul(ə)m, skol(ə)m, and (with inserted b) to skumbəl, $1$. — dr and rd: to slȯdər and to slȯrd [ slytra], $1$.

f) Inserted b between m and l appears, : *gambli, *gam(b)la = see Fragments of Norn (Our Lord’s Prayer).  to skumbəl.
 * , (see Fragments of Norn, song, verse). hȯm(b)libands. — *hɩmblɩns,

g) s is dropped in the comb. ksl (xl), : bjɔkəl [bœxl],, $1$. jakəl [jaxl], $1$, . jɔkəl [ǫxl].

h) In a few words r has changed to l and conversely ( where another r or l comes before or after in the word): a$i$·trahō·la [aðravára]. buliŋ = būrək. dolibrod = dorifəl. To these may be added: dȯlatree. gjōla, kjōlək, kjø̄lək and kjø̄rək [ kjore, kjøra]. kȯrl [kyrr], under $1$. mɩs·fø̄rd· and mɩs·fø̄ld· [misfór(sk)]. njogəl, ᶇogəl [nykr]. ȯrdəl- [ hurðar-]. fjȯrd [fjöld(i)], $2$, nɔralɛg [*nálarleggr]. swāl or swār [ sval], $2$, $1$.

i) Assimilation, 1) of nd to ᶇ in : *hȯᶇən (hund-inn); *häᶇaless = *hä‘ᶇta(r)less [*handa(r)lauss] (see Fragments of Norn, riddles); 2) of ld to ᶅ, : mɩlənasto‘mp (-stick) [*myldingarstumpr], ,

j) suffixed d (after ᶇ) in : to räᶇd [renna], . to säᶇd [sanna], ; furthermore in blohȯᶇ·din = blohȯᶇ·in; to drȯᶇd = to drȯin [drynja],,.

39. Palatalization. Insertion of j. ll (rl) commonly changes to ᶅ, nn and rn to ᶇ. Several examples of this change have been mentioned in preceding sections; see §§ 16—20, regarding vowel-changes before palatalized consonants. Softening of l, n and t, tt (d, dd) before another consonant has been exemplified in the same paragraphs. In a few cases ll, rl, nn, rn have remained unsoftened, : to ban(n) [banna]. hō·kɩl(l)·in [hákerling]. hȯni-, həni- [horn, hyrni],. *mana [manna] (see Fragments of Norn, adages), span [spann], $1$. In a few words palatalized and unpalatalized forms alternate, : brɛna and breᶇa [brenna]. mȯn- and mȯᶇ- [munn-], *. Melən Fjɛla and Meᶅən Fjɛᶅa (place-name in ) = millum fjalla.

In a number of words ᶅ, ᶇ alternate with l, n, corresponding to original l and n, : alma‘rk and äᶅma‘rk. andər and äᶇdər. baldin, bäᶅdin. blēg, bᶅēg. hāᶅin = hālin. hȯlgin, hȯᶅgin. lēga, ᶅēga. nād, ᶇād = $h$, $2$.

Initially, nja = ᶇa appears for “na”; njād (see ). njafin (-fək). njatəri =, $2$. njogəl =.

Inserted j frequently appears after initial consonants. Examples: