fles1. glærəl and glērla, glērlək. lɛm and lēm [hlemmr], lemm. With this prob. goes hækla (hēkla).
Sometimes an original “e” changes to o or ȯ owing to the preceding w, e.g.: hwȯli [O.N. hvelja, Fær. kvölja], hwelji. hwopət (kwopət) [hvepti from hveppa], past t. of hwepp, hwipp.
4. O.N. “é” — Shetl. jē (ē), jɛ, ɛ.
Of this there are only a few examples: ᶊēla from *hjēla [héla], sjela. *spjēlman [*spélmaðr]. sp(j)ēviti [*spévætti], speviti. jɛlins [*élingar]. rɛta-dyke [réttar-].
é > ə, ȯ (after w) in wələ‘nt, wȯlə‘nt [vélindi], willend, wollend.
5. O.N. “i” — Shetl. a) ɩ, e, ə, ʌ; b) i̇̄ (partly abbreviated to i). Examples:
a) ɩ, e, ə, ʌ (before r usually ə; ʌ before l, lf, lt and ŋk): bɩdi [biti]. bɩ‘rtək, be‘rtək, bə‘rtək [birta, -i]. də‘msk(a) [*dimska], dərəl [*dirl], dirl, dirrel. drɩv [drif], driv1. el and ʌl (comm.) [íllr], ill. ə‘lta and ʌ‘lta, ilta. fɩskafel [*fiskafjǫl]. gɩl (gɩlək, ꬶɩl) [gil] gil1. grɩnd [grind], həmna [*himna], himna. to hərd [hirða], hird. kɩbək [kippa]. kə‘r·kasuk·ni [*kirkjusókn]. to lɩn [lina], linn1. to mʌ‘ŋk [minnka], mink. nebərt [*niðrburðr], nebord. ned [niðr]. to pepər and pəpər [pipra], pipr, pipper. pʌ‘ltək [piltr], piltek. rɩvək (revək) [rifa]. sələk and sʌlək [*silungr], sillek. to stərən [stirðna], stirn. tə‘lfər, tʌ‘lfər [*þil(ju)far]) tilfer. tərən = tirren. — b) “i” has more rarely been preserved as i̇̄ or (abbr.) i: -li (ōrli, wȯrli) [-hlið]. li̇̄vən [lifandi]. mi̇̄d [mið], mid1. Alternation between “i̇̄” and “i” in bri̇̄m (bri̇̄v) and brimi [brimi], i̇̄ and jē in mȯn·vi̇̄g· and -vjēg [*munnvik].
6. O.N. “í” — Shetl.: a) i̇̄, occas. (= Eng. long “i” in Shetl.) äi; b) more rarely short: i, ɩ, e. Examples:
a) gri̇̄mi [gríma]. hwi̇̄ld [hvíld]. i̇̄bɩt [*íbit]. to ki̇̄v [kífa]. li̇̄ [hlíð]. litəl [lítill]. ri̇̄ [hríð]. to ri̇̄n [hrína], rin1. “jē (ē)” for “i̇̄” in ɔŋnibjēdər (ɔmnivēdər) = ɔŋglabiter. — i̇̄ and äi alternate in, e.g.: hwi̇̄ (kwi̇̄) and hwäi (kwäi) [kví]. — äi has found its way in, e.g.: äim [ím], im. häim [No. him], him. to kläin [klína]. -skäi [skíð] in ērskäi [*arðskíð]. — b) nisək [hnísa]. risəl [hrísla]. sɩmən [sími], simmen. tedbɔu(s) [*tíðbrá]. visək [vísa].
äi, i and ɩ alternate in “de sȯmərə läitla (läƫla) and leitᶅa”, de lɩtla summer [sumarit lítla].
7. O.N. “o” — Shetl. a) o, ɔ, ȯ, ɔ̇, u; b) ō (ø̄). Examples:
a) -brɔd [brot], brod1. dɔf mould. fog and fɔg (fjog, fjȯg, fjok) [fok]. gȯr [gor]. grɔp [*grop]. hɔst [hosti]. kɔli [kola]. to krog, krɔg, krȯg [kroka]. krȯv [krof]. nog, nogin [*hnokkr], nogg2, nugg. rok [rok], ruk1. -skȯd (af(a)skȯd, ø̄vərskȯd) [skot], afskod, overskod. slȯd [slot]. spȯrd [sporðr]. strȯba [stropi], strobba. In a couple of words ɔ̇ replaces an orig. o: bɔ̇d [boði], bod2, dɔ̇d [þot], dod. *brɩm·tɔ̇d·. In a few cases u replaces O.N. “o”: krupin (kropin) [kroppinn]. urm- (orm-) [ormr], urmek. — b) ō in, e.g.: frōd [froða], fro2, frod. to sōv [sofa], sov1. to t(j)ōg [toga]. — ø̄ replaces an older “o (oð)” in, e.g.: ɩn·bø̄ = innbø. Further: mø̄ [moð], mø2, like the more common mor = morr1; in the N.I.: mȯdər = modder. Occas. ø̄ for long o or oa finds its way also into Eng.
