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Sweet, Henry, 1845-1912

"Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary"

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51. Those ending in _g_ or _k_ (together with some others) insert
_j_ before _a_ and _u_: _b?™kkr_ (bench), _b?™kk_, _b?™kk_,
_b?™kkjar_; _b?™kkir_, _b?™kki_, _b?™kkjum_, _b?™kkja_. So also
_m?™rgr_ (marrow), _str?™ngr_ (string).
(3) u-plurals
SINGULAR PLURAL
_Nom._ skj?«ld-r (_shield_) skild-ir
_Acc._ skj?«ld skj?«ld-u
_Dat._ skild-i skj?«ld-um
_Gen._ skjald-ar skjald-a
52. So also _v?«ndr_ (twig), _v?«llr_ (plain), _vi?°r_ (wood).
_??ss_ (god) has plur. nom. _?¦sir_, acc. _??su_. _sonr_ (son) has
dat. sg. _syni_, plur. nom. _synir_. It regularly drops its _r_
of the nom. in such compounds as _Tryggva-son_ (son of Tryggvi).
(4) r-plurals
SINGULAR PLURAL
_Nom._ f??t-r (_foot_) f?“t-r
_Acc._ f??t f?“t-r
_Dat._ f?“t-i f??t-um
_Gen.


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