O.N. h
initially before vowels remains, except in
aweband.
O.N. h
initially before r, l, n, is lost:
rad,
rangale,
ruse, lack, loup, nieve,
etc.
O.N. ht
remains, is not assimilated to tt, e.g.,
sacht,
unsaucht.
An
inorganic h initially appears in hendir,
hugsum.
hv.
O.N. hv regularly > qu, quh: quhelm, quey.
m, n, l, r.
O.N. m
regularly remains.
m
before t > n in skant, skantlin.
O.N. n
always remains, nd is not assimilated to nn.
Cp.
Cu. winnle.
O.N. l
initially remains.
Medially
and finally generally remains.
O.N. l
after o > w: bowdyne, bowne,
bow.
l
very frequently takes the place of w medially:
golk,
dolf.
An
excrescent l appears in gylmyr.
O.N. r regularly remains.
Disappears before sk in bask,
undergoes metathesis
in gyrth.
Inflexional r remains in caller.
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Volume 1 in the Series
of
GERMANIC STUDIES
from
Columbia University

