oey.
O.N. oey
> [-e], written e, ai: careing,
dey,
smaik.
oey
> e in yemsel (yhemsell), may be
a case of
Dan.
monophthongation.
ou, au.
O.N. ou,
au is regularly ou, ow in Sco.:
blowt,
douff,
dowff, gowk, gowl, loup,
louse,
nowt,
rout, rowste, soum. Very
frequently
appears
as oi, oy: e.g., soym,
doif, goilk,
loip,
etc.
O.N. ou > u
in gukk, vb. formed from gowk (?).
jo.
O.N. jo
before r > a in starn (O.N. stjorn).
jo > ei
in leister. Appears as i in the
N. Sco.
word
shiel.
ju.
O.N. ju
> [-u] in stroop.
ju
> i in skyle.
(b) THE OLD NORTHERN CONSONANTS.
b.
O.N. b
regularly remains b.
Is
lost after m in gylmyr.
b
> p initially pirrye.
d.
O.N. d
regularly remains.
Is
lost after n in hansell.
An
epenthetic d appears after n in solande,
ythand;
after l in boldin and rangeld.
O.N. ld
> ll in caller.
g.
O.N. g
regularly remains g before guttural and
palatal
vowels alike.
g
> [*g] before a palatal vowel in gen[*g]eld,
yhemsel.
O.N. g
disappears after n in titlene.
g
> ch in bawch, lawch.
On
O.N. a + g, o + g, e
+ g, see the
vowels.
p.
O.N. p
regularly remains p.
p
> ph finally in sumph.
t.
O.N. t
regularly remains t.
t
> tch in scratch.
Seems
to have become d in cadie (O.N. katr),
but
Dan.
kadh may be the source.
An
epenthetic t after n appears in eident.
k.
O.N. k
regularly remains k.
k
> ch finally in screch. Cp. also
laiching.
O.N. ks
(x) > ss in assletooth, wissle.
On
O.N. sk, see s.


