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GrandPiano wrote: 13 Oct 2018 22:24 So just /Vj/ in Old English?
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Does it mean island?
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GrandPiano wrote: 14 Oct 2018 00:02 Does it mean island?
<ei> does, yes.
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Does the Old English cognate of "öid" end with a /d/?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 03:56 Does the Old English cognate of "öid" end with a /d/?
No
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Did it end with a vowel?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 03:59 Did it end with a vowel?
No
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Did it have a /d/?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 04:08 Did it have a /d/?
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Does the Old English cognate have an element that is cognate with the /d/ in Nortsääenglisch?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 04:13 Does the Old English cognate have an element that is cognate with the /d/ in Nortsääenglisch?
Yes
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Is it a stop?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 04:34 Is it a stop?
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Is it voiced?
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Is it /ð/?
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shimobaatar wrote: 15 Oct 2018 04:36 Is it voiced?
Not in the nominative.
All4Ɇn wrote: 15 Oct 2018 04:39Is it /ð/?
Close enough, yes.
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Is it /θ/, realized as [ð] in some forms?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Oct 2018 05:03 Is it /θ/, realized as [ð] in some forms?
Yeah.
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Is its Old English cognate iġeoþ?
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All4Ɇn wrote: 15 Oct 2018 14:48 Is its Old English cognate iġeoþ?
No it's not. Good guess though. Funny enough, the descendant of that is one of the modern English cognates for the second element <ei>. It's the one I was trying g to lead GrandPiano to in his previous line of questions.
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