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brtt, brr, br, bra’ss, bra"rrar, pra"rra;
auQsaett, au3saer, au9see (clear).
mj6tt, mj6r, mj6 (delicate, narrow) trutt, trur,
tru (true)
nytt, nyr, ny, nyss etc. (new)
Those with -a, are sometimes contracted if followed hy a or ,
which are swallowed up by a, as:
bla" for blau bla"n for bHan bHm for blum.
Likewise in the definite form, as:
hinn gra"i, Ace. hinn gra", Dat. hinum gra", Gen. bins
gra\ The contracted forms belong to the modern Icelandic
and are scarcely written in old Manuscripts. The ancient lan-
guage therefore sometimes inserts f (or v) to escape the con-
traction, as:
ha"tt, h^r, ha" (high)
-- m. g. Ace. ha" fan, Dat. ha"fum,
ha"fom (or hm); def. form hSfa, hafi, hafa, hdfu.
mj6fa, mj6fan, mj6fum; def. form mj6fa, mj6fi etc.
The word nytt inserts j before all vowels, with the exception
of i, as: nyju, nyjan.
89. Some adjectives insert / or v after the last con-
sonant, without altering the declension, these resemble the
nouns in 57 and 58, as:
dokkt (dokt), dflkkr, ddkk (dark);
Plur. dokk, dokkvir (dOcqvir), dokkvar;
Def. form: dokkva, dokkvi, dokkva.
The only adjective which inserts j correctly is :
mitt, mi5r, mi8 therefore:
mi5jan, mi5ja, mi8ju, mi5jum, miQri.
In some words the last radical letter of which is g or k,
a j is sometimes inserted before a or u, as :
fraBgt, freegr, fraBg; Ace. freegan or frsegjan; Dat.
fraegum or fra3gjum.
sekr, sekan or sekjan.
90. Monosyllables ending in r after a long vowel or diph-
thong are regular, as:
ber-t, ber-r, ber; fo3r-t, foer-r, foer.
The masculine termination -r is dropped in modern Icelandic,
as the pronunciation has changed and the m. g. and f.
g.
have become I he same in the Nom.
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