plur.
Strong Masculines
(1) a-plurals
SINGULAR PLURAL
_Nom._ fisk-r (_fish_) fisk-ar
_Acc._ fisk fisk-a
_Dat._ fisk-i fisk-um
_Gen._ fisk-s fisk-a
42. So also _heimr_ (home, world); _konungr_ (king); _????rr_
(Thor), acc. _????r_, gen. _????rs_; _steinn_ (stone), acc. _stein_,
gen. _steins_, pl. nom. _steinar_; _hrafn_ (raven), acc.
_hrafn_, pl. nom. _hrafnar_; _??urs_ (giant), acc. gen. _??urs_,
pl. nom. _??ursar_.
43. Dissyllables in _-r_, _-l_, _-n_ generally throw out the
preceding vowel before a vowel-inflection: _hamarr_ (hammer),
dat. _hamri_; _j?«tunn_ (giant), pl. nom. _j?«tnar_. _k?™till_
(kettle) and _lykill_ (key) show unmutated vowels in the
contracted forms, as in the acc. plur. _katla_, _lukla_.
44. Some nouns of this decl. take _-ar_ in the gen. sing.,
especially proper names, such as _H??kon_, gen.
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