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gamli etc., but: heimilt or heimult does not contract.
Fölt, fölr, föl, does not contract its lr into ll, being a
monosyllable with a simple vowel.

93. In two words the l is dropped in the neuter before
the characteristic letters t, ð, [[** dansk har denne i kursiv, men ikke den nedenfor i samme avsnitt! **]] except in a different declension in
the m. g. Acc.; it is declined

        lítið, lítill, lítil, Acc. m. g. lítinn (for lítiln) f. g.
litla, Dat. litlu, litlum, lítilli etc.

It will be observed that the vowel loses its accent, as soon as
a concussion of consonants occurs. Writing lítið for lítit
is for euphony’s sake, and occurs in the best manuscripts;
viz: the changing of this t into ð, as soon as the word
receives t in the beginning, therefore ritað, but bakat etc.
The second word is mikit, mikill, mikil, Acc. mikit,
mikinn, mikla, Dat. miklu etc.

94. Those whose characteristic letter is n after a
diphthong, or dissyllables, followed by a vowel, contract the n with
r into nn (39) as:

        vænt, vænn, væn, Acc. vænt, vænan, væna; Dat.
vænu, vænum, vænni and in f. g. Gen. vænnar, Plur.
Gen. vænna.

Dissyllables deviate besides in m. g. Acc. by contraction
if the termination begins with a vowel, as:

Singular	Nom.	heiðit	heiðinn	heiðin
Acc.		heiðit	heiðinn	heiðna
Dat.		heiðnu	heiðnum	heiðinni
		⏟
Gen.		heiðins		heiðinnar
Plural	Nom.	heiðin	heiðnir	heiðnar
Acc.		heiðin	heiðna	heiðnar
			⏟
Dat.			heiðnum
Gen.			heiðinna
Def. Form	Nom.	heiðna;	heiðni;	heiðna etc.

95. In this manner are declined all regular participles of
the closed Order of Verbs (which remain monosyllabic in the
Dat.) as: ráðit, ráðinn, raðin; gefit, gefinn, gefin;
tekit, tekinn, tekin etc.; also several of the 3^rd order of
the first chief Class (with modification of vowel) barit,
barinn, barin. But these terminations stand in reality for -it,
-iðr, ið [[** NB ð er i realiteten ikke kursivert!: dansk kursiverer. Man må konkludere at setteren ikke har kursiv ð **]] [[** mgl. noe her?? et skilletegn?: ut fra dansk tekst krever meningen et komma **]] a change of pronunciation in accordance with the

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