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Certain Phonetic Tendencies in Old Norse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Albert Morey Sturtevant
Albert Morey Sturtevant*
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University of Kansas
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[See the introductory paragraphs and the section headings.]

Certain phonetic tendencies seem to come to an end without any-known cause (cf. the first and second sound shifts in the Germ. languages); others cease because of certain counter influences which develop, either phonetic or analogical.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 10 , Issue 1-Part1 , March 1934, pp. 17 - 26
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Copyright © 1934 Linguistic Society of America

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References

1 Cf. Noreen, Aisl. Gram.4 § 299. 4; W. von Unwerth, Beitr. 36. 23.

2 Cf. Hugo Pipping, Inledning till studiet av de nordiska språkens ljudiära §56i: 'I paradigmet vänster (stam *wenistra-) var n åtminstone en tid framåt alveolart i några former, dentalt i andra, ty det var blott i en del kasus, som n och s sammanträffade ljudlagsenligt. Därför finner man i fvn. växlingen vinstri— vístri . . . '

3 Likewise for the preliterary era compare *sœ''waR > *sœ'uR > (œ'u is an abnormal type of diphthong, due to the vocalization of w).

4 For this question see D. A. Seip Om bortfall av đ i Norsk', NTS 4. 211–44.

5 See Language 7. 191.