NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
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| t. | d. |
| ydre, tt, outer; Yderfrak, tt, overcoat; yderst, tt, outermost. | yderst utmost, den yderste Dag the day of judgment. |
| bide t, to bite. | bidende pungent (answer, speech). |
| blöd, t, soft. | blödagtig effeminate. |
| Flaade t, raft. | Flaade fleet. |
| forbryde, t, sig to offend, trespass. | Forbryder criminal, Forbrydelse crime. |
| lade, t, let; lade som om to make it appear that. (See also § 140). | lade: det maa man lade ham, it must be admitted that he. |
| overlade, t, to leave; tillade, t, to allow. | tilsyneladende apparently, Tilladelse permission. |
107. d is often written at the end or in the middle of words after a long vowel without being pronounced (see § 105 Note). In rhetoric language the d may be retained in pronunciation, and in some words there are duplicate forms with or without d according to the meaning.
| Without d. | With d. |
| Bla(d) leaf, sheet, newspaper | Nordiske Blade (name of newspaper), ta(ge) Bladet fra Munden to speak one's mind. |
| bli(d) gentle, bland. | dit blide Aasyn your sweet face. |
| Blo(d) blood, at spytte Blo(d) to spit blood, blo(d)rö(d) red as blood. | Kjöd og Blod flesh and blood, Blodets Baand the ties of blood; in many compounds: Blodbad carnage, Blodhevn revenge for murder, Blodskam incest. |
| bre(d) broad: der skal en bre(d) Ryg til at bœre gode Dage it takes a broad back to carry god fortune. | de Brede Bygder the broad parishes. |
| Brö(d) bread. | vort daglige Bröd our daily bread; den enes Död, den andens Bröd one man's death, the other man's breath (literally: bread). |
