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NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
b) abbreviations by dropping ge.
| ge dropped. | ge retained |
| dra(ge) to draw, dra(ge) Pusten to draw the breath, dra(ge) Kjendsel paa to recognize, dra(ge) en Slutning to draw a conclusion, bedra(ge) to defraud, jeg har draget (pr. drad) ham hele Vejen I have been dragging him all the way. | drage intr. to depart, med draget Svœrd with drawn sword, jeg andrager om Udsættelse I apply for a respite, Tildragelse happening (and other derivatives). |
| si(ge) or si(g)e to say, pres. tense always si(ge)r, past. sa(gde), imp. si(g), passive si(g)es. | sige: 120, siger og skriver et hundrede og tyve 120 — say one hundred and twenty —, efter sigende according to report, Frasigelse resignation (and other derivatives). |
| ta(ge) to take, past tense tog pron. tok or to, imper. ta, ptcp. tagen, taget pron. coloquially tatt. | tage sometimes in religious diction and always in some derivatives: Antagelse supposition, Fritagelse exemption, etc. |
| Morgen pron. mår’n morning, imår’n to-morrow, imorges pron. imårres early this morning. | Morgenstund har Guld i Mund early to rise makes a man wealthy, Morgenstjerne (a name). |
| no(ge)n, no(g)en no(g)e(t) anybody, anything. | nogenlunde fairly, nogensinde at any time (sometimes pron. någen—). |
c) abbreviations by dropping ve.
| ve dropped | ve retained |
| bli(ve) to become, remain, past tense ble(v), ptcp. blevet (pron. blit). | blive in pres. ptcp. and some derivatives. |
