It had the open sound of G.
_g_ in _sagen_ medially before the back vowels _a_, _o_, _?«_,
_u_, and all conss. except _j_, and finally:--_saga_ (tale),
_d?«gum_ (with days); _sag?°i_ (he said); _lag_ (he lay). Before
the front vowels and _j_ it had the sound of G. _g_ in _liegen_,
or nearly that of _j_ (our _y_), as in _s?™gir_ (says), _s?™gja_
(to say).
10. Before voiceless conss. (_t_, _s_) _g_ seems to have been
pronounced _k_, as in _sagt_ (said), _dags_ (day's).
11. The _g_ was always sounded in the combination _ng_,
as in _single_, not as in _singer_.
12. *h* was sounded before _j_ in such words as _hjarta_ (heart)
much as in E. _hue_ (= hj?«). _hl_, _hn_, _hr_, _hv_ probably
represented voiceless _l_, _n_, _r_, _w_ respectively, _hv_
being identical with E. _wh_: _hlaupa_ (leap), _hn?«ga_ (bend),
_hringr_ (ring), _hvat_ (what).
13. *j* is not distinguished from _i_ in the MSS. It had the
sound of E. _y_ in _young_: _j?«r?°_ (earth), _s?™tja_ (to set).
14. *p* in _pt_ probably had the sound of _f_: _lopt_ (air).
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