bjɩ‘ntər. bjȯrg [borg], bjorg1. bjødi = bødi: bødi1. da‘lk and dja‘lk; on the other hand: ᶁeld [deild]. fjēdin. fjȯ‘rkən. gjɔŋgər. hjɩməlsfærd. hjosi, hjosən. hjɔ‘nsa. mjat (mäit and mjäit). tōg and tjōg = tog2, tjog3. ut·mā·gət, ut·mjā·gət. vēdək and vjēdək = vedek2. vja‘lskət and vä‘ᶅᶊkət [*valskóttr].
Cf. verses 7 and 8 in the Foula ballad: “fiegan” [feigan]; v. 3: “stien” [steinn]; v. 2: “stiendi” [stendr].
ᶊ for s is found in e.g.: ēᶊins. mēᶊi. *ᶊagdə [sagði]. -ᶊlâgət (drȯᶅ-, trȯᶅ-). s and ᶊ alternate in e.g.: tɔskər and tȯᶊkər = torvsker. Shetl. ᶊ corresponds to O.N. initial “sj”.
For the palatalized change before t (as well as before n) see §§ 16—20. A weaker palatalization occurs in: aitaslū. ai·trahō·la. blæita; see Fragments of Norn, riddles (and cf. Bläƫəna, IV, § 20) — on the other hand: blɛt, blæt [*blettr]. — Palatalization before d: ɔidi = ɔᶁi [oddi].
Other words exemplify an opposite development. j is occasionally dropped in the comb. “(h)lj”, e.g.: lōd (lō). lū·mōl·, lomōl· [*hljóðmál]. to lūr [*ljóra], lur1. lūsa = ljūs [ljós] (see Fragments of Norn, song, verse). With the last cf. lâgər for ᶅâgər from lēgər. Orig. “sj” has been changed to “s” in sū·sameᶅabak·a = *sjusamillabakka. The form at(ə)ri has doubtless arisen from äƫ(ə)ri, äitri owing to dropped palatalization.
40. Supporting vowel; connecting vowel.
Inserted connecting vowel (ə) between two consonants (most freq. when r is one of them), when initial and final, is found in several words: aᶊək. bærəg, bærək, in place-names = bærg [berg]. dwarək = dwarg. flȯdərək. flokəra. foləks. rɛgən(-wȯsta). rȯdəra(-stȯb) — *rodrastobb. rȯᶅək = rȯ‘ᶅk. *sēgəl. slȯdərək. slȯpəra. vagəl — vagl1, vaggel. *vetərin [vetrungr]. Between a diphthong and a consonant, e.g.: tɔiəg.
Occasionally a connecting vowel (a, ə) is inserted in compds. in which the first word ends and the second begins with a consonant: afaskȯd = afskȯd. brɩma-stew [brim], dagali, dagəli. fɔg·əbȯr·gər = fɔg·bȯr·dər. hagəri = hagri2, hageri. rɩŋ·galō·di = rɩŋ·lō·di. ū·tavɩd·, utavɩd·.
In some words an added, supporting final vowel is found, e.g.: skalvə [skafl], skalv2. stȯmna [stofn], stomna1. To these should prob. be added forms such as: dōma, dūma [dámr]. lāma (= lēm, lɛm) [hlemmr], (and jɛma? [O.N. eimr]). Cf. (h)a‘lta gɔŋgi [halt gǫngu], and kwatə jāda, kwata ita [hvat er þat] (see Fragments of Norn, conversation).
41. Stress.
In a number of compds. both parts are equally stressed; occasionally the latter part has received the main stress. Examples: a‘ŋ·klȯvain·; ag·lȯvain; at·avɛ‘ᶅ·ta; ba·fäᶅ· and bəfäᶅ·; bɛrgȯ‘ᶅ·ti, -ꬶɩ‘l·tək; blohȯᶇ·in; bȯᶇ·hō·ga and bȯᶇhō·ga; bȯ‘ᶇᶊ·vam·; brɩm·tɔ̇d·; dȯl·hɔit· and dȯlhɔit·; drȯᶅ·ᶊlâ·gət (trȯᶅ·-); fɔg·bȯr·dər; to gȯrhərd·, kȯrhərd· = gordhird;
