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Sweet, Henry, 1845-1912

"Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary"


87. The _t_ of the neut. is doubled after a long vowel: _n??tt_,
_h??tt_. Monosyllables in _?°_, _dd_, _tt_ form their neut. in
_-tt_: _brei?°r_ (broad), _breitt_; _leiddr_ (led), _leitt_.
_g???°r_ (good) has neut. _gott_. _sannr_ (true) has neut. _satt_.
In unaccented syllables or if a cons. precedes, _tt_ is shortened
to _t_: _kalla?°r_ (called), _kallat_; _blindr_ (blind), _blint_,
_har?°r_ (hard), _hart_, _fastr_ (firm), _fast_.
88. _l_ and _n_ assimilate a following _r_: _gamall_ (old), fem.
_g?«mul_, fem. acc. _gamla_, dat. _gamalli_. _v??nn_ (beautiful),
gen. pl. _v?¦nna_.
MASC. NEUT. FEM.
_Sg. Nom._ mikill (_great_) mikit mikil
_Acc._ mikinn mikit mikla
_Dat._ miklum miklu mikilli
_Gen._ mikils mikils mikillar
_Pl. Nom._ miklir mikil miklar
_Acc._ mikla mikil miklar
_Dat.


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