Mutation
22. The following changes are *i*-mutations (caused by an older
_i_ or _j_ following, which has generally been dropped)[3]:
[Footnote 3: Many of the _i_'s which appear in derivative and
inflectional syllables are late weakenings of _a_ and other
vowels, as in _bani_ (death) = Old English _bana_; these do not
cause mutation.]
*a* (*?«*) ... *?™* :-- _mann_ (man _acc._), _m?™nn_ (men); _h?«nd_
(hand), _h?™ndr_ (hands).
*??* ... *?¦* :-- _m??l_ (speech), _m?¦la_ (speak).
*e* (*ja*, *j?«*) ... *i* :-- _ver?°r_ (worth), _vir?°a_ (estimate).
*u* (*o*) ... *y* :-- _fullr_ (full), _fylla_ (to fill); _lopt_
(air), _lypta_ (lift).
*?«* ... *??* :-- _br?«n_ (eyebrow), pl. _br??nn_.
*o* ... *?¶* :-- _koma_ (to come), _k?¶mr_ (comes).
*??* ... *?“* :-- _f??r_ (went), _f?“ra_ (bring).
*au* ... *ey* :-- _lauss_ (loose), _leysa_ (loosen).
*j?«* (*j??*) ... *??* :-- _sj?«kr_ (sick), _s??ki_ (sickness);
_lj??sta_ (strike), _l??str_ (strikes).
23. The change of _a_ into _?™_ is sometimes the result of a
following _k_, _g_, or _ng_, as in _d?™gi_ dat.
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