34. If _l_ and _n_ are preceded by a short accented vowel, the
_r_ is generally kept, as in _stelr_ (steals), _vinr_, (friend),
_sr_ becoming _ss_, as elsewhere.
35. _r_ is kept after _ll_, and generally after _nn_, as in the
masc. nom. _allr_ (all), and in _br?™nnr_ (burns).
36. _z_ often stands for _?°s_ as well as _ts_, as in _???“r
??ykkizk_ (ye seem) = _*??ykki?°-sk_, _Vest-firzkr_ (belonging to
the West Firths) = _-*fir?°skr_ (_f?«r?°r_, firth).
37. Inflectional _t_ is generally doubled after a long accented
vowel: _f??r_ (few) neut. _f??tt_ (cp. _allr_ 'all,' neut. _allt_),
_s??_ (I saw), _s??tt_ 'thou sawest.'
INFLECTIONS
Nouns
38. *Gender*. There are three genders in Icelandic--masculine,
feminine, and neuter. The gender is partly natural, partly
grammatical, generally agreeing with the gender in Old English.
Compound words follow the gender of their last element.
39. *Strong and Weak*. All weak nouns end in a vowel in the nom.
sg. and in most of the other cases as well.
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