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LVIII bjɩ‘ntər. bjȯrg [borg], $1$. bjødi = bødi: $1$. da‘lk and dja‘lk; on the other hand: ᶁeld [deild]. fjēdin. fjȯ‘rkən. gjɔŋgər. hjɩməlsfærd. hjosi, hjosən. hjɔ‘nsa. mjat (mäit and mjäit). tōg and tjōg = $2$, $3$. ut·mā·gət, ut·mjā·gət. vēdək and vjēdək = $2$. vja‘lskət and vä‘ᶅᶊkət [*valskóttr].

verses 7 and 8 in the Foula ballad: “fiegan” [feigan]; v. 3: “stien” [steinn]; v. 2: “stiendi” [stendr].

ᶊ for s is found in : ēᶊins. mēᶊi. *ᶊagdə [sagði]. -ᶊlâgət (drȯᶅ-, trȯᶅ-). s and ᶊ alternate in : tɔskər and tȯᶊkər =. ᶊ corresponds to initial “sj”.

For the palatalized change before t (as well as before n) see §§ 16—20. A weaker palatalization occurs in: a$i$taslū. a$i$·trahō·la. blæ$i$ta; see Fragments of Norn, riddles (and Bläƫəna, IV, § 20) — on the other hand: blɛt, blæt [*blettr]. — Palatalization before d: ɔ$i$di = ɔᶁi [oddi].

Other words exemplify an opposite development. j is occasionally dropped in the “(h)lj”, : lōd (lō). lū·mōl·, lomōl· [*hljóðmál]. to lūr [*ljóra], $1$. lūsa = ljūs [ljós] (see Fragments of Norn, song, verse). With the last lâgər for ᶅâgər from lēgər. “sj” has been changed to “s” in sū·sameᶅabak·a = *. The form at(ə)ri has doubtless arisen from äƫ(ə)ri, äitri owing to dropped palatalization.

40. Supporting vowel; connecting vowel.

Inserted connecting vowel (ə) between two consonants (most when r is one of them), when initial and final, is found in several words: aᶊək. bærəg, bærək, in place-names = bærg [berg]. dwarək = dwarg. flȯdərək. flokəra. foləks. rɛgən(-wȯsta). rȯdəra(-stȯb) — *. rȯᶅək = rȯ‘ᶅk. *sēgəl. slȯdərək. slȯpəra. vagəl — $1$, . *vetərin [vetrungr]. Between a diphthong and a consonant, : tɔiəg.

Occasionally a connecting vowel (a, ə) is inserted in in which the first word ends and the second begins with a consonant: afaskȯd = afskȯd. brɩma-stew [brim], dagali, dagəli. fɔg·əbȯr·gər = fɔg·bȯr·dər. hagəri = $2$,. rɩŋ·galō·di = rɩŋ·lō·di. ū·tavɩd·, utavɩd·.

In some words an added, supporting final vowel is found, : skalvə [skafl], $2$. stȯmna [stofn], $1$. To these should be added forms such as: dōma, dūma [dámr]. lāma (= lēm, lɛm) [hlemmr], (and jɛma? [ eimr]). (h)a‘lta gɔŋgi [halt gǫngu], and kwatə jāda, kwata ita [hvat er þat] (see Fragments of Norn, conversation).

41. Stress.

In a number of both parts are equally stressed; occasionally the latter part has received the main stress. Examples: a‘ŋ·klȯva$i$n·; ag·lȯva$i$n; at·avɛ‘ᶅ·ta; ba·fäᶅ· and bəfäᶅ·; bɛrgȯ‘ᶅ·ti, -ꬶɩ‘l·tək; blohȯᶇ·in; bȯᶇ·hō·ga and bȯᶇhō·ga; bȯ‘ᶇᶊ·vam·; brɩm·tɔ̇d·; dȯl·hɔit· and dȯlhɔit·; drȯᶅ·ᶊlâ·gət (trȯᶅ·-); fɔg·bȯr·dər; to gȯrhərd·, kȯrhərd· = ;