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=====Short vowel deletion=====

A process of reduction and deletion of vowels occurs occasionally in polysyllabic words with any syllable flanking the stressed one being most reduced.

A process of reduction and deletion of vowels occurs occasionally in polysyllabic words with any syllable flanking the stressed one being most reduced. This is a highly register-dependent process with the most common daily speech evidencing this heavily (40-60% of speech forms undergoing reduction) when compared to the ritual language where its incidence is near zero. In certain words, the process can take rather extreme forms, such as ''hwarha-hwiwalsá'' → ''hwarhwilsá'' ‘moth’ with both «wa» and «ha» syllables being deleted, aggressively reducing the syllable count down to three.

In certain words, the process can take rather extreme forms, such as ''hwarha-hwiwalsá'' → ''hwarhwilsá'' ‘moth’ with both «wa» and «ha» syllables being deleted, aggressively reducing the syllable count down to three.

=====Consonant simplification=====

====Historical phonological rules====

=====Rhotacisation=====

The early Skájamál ''s'' in intervocalic position was voiced ~~and became~~ ''r'' except in those cases where an adjacent syllable already contained an ''r'', e.g. MSK. ''ekozana'' → ''ekorana'' but ''mázér'' → ''mázér''.

The early Skájamál ''s'' in intervocalic position was voiced to ''z'', which changed to ''r'' except in those cases where an adjacent syllable already contained an ''r'', e.g. MSK. ''ekozana'' → ''ekorana'' but ''mázér'' → ''mázér''.

=====Siever's law=====

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Here serving as the accusative of motion to a place

:'''''~~Anglalandá~~''' tá hwaris''

:'''''Anglalanná''' tá hwaris''

:To England.{{sc|acc}} you go.

Finally, it can be used to express spatial and temporal relations.

:''sa búráze ~~Anglalandán~~ '''srinn ménárunn'''''

:''sa búráze Anglalannán '''srinn ménárunn'''''

:He lived in England three months.{{sc|acc}}

====Dative====

The dative is used to denote the second target argument of many verbs and is used for the comparative construction.

The regular use

:''évájk '''astí''' lamhah''

:I give guest.{{sc|dat}} lamb.{{sc|acc}}

:I give the guest a lamb.

The dative of comparison

:''hrárínín aziupirá Wáran '''séma''' wah''

:In wisdom the deeper Odin ''them''.{{sc|dat}} was

:In wisdom the greater of them was Odin

====Genitive====

====Instrumental====

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 =====Short vowel deletion=====
-A process of reduction and deletion of vowels occurs occasionally in polysyllabic words with any syllable flanking the stressed one being most reduced.
+A process of reduction and deletion of vowels occurs occasionally in polysyllabic words with any syllable flanking the stressed one being most reduced. This is a highly register-dependent process with the most common daily speech evidencing this heavily (40-60% of speech forms undergoing reduction) when compared to the ritual language where its incidence is near zero. In certain words, the process can take rather extreme forms, such as ''hwarha-hwiwalsá'' → ''hwarhwilsá'' ‘moth’ with both «wa» and «ha» syllables being deleted, aggressively reducing the syllable count down to three.
-In certain words, the process can take rather extreme forms, such as ''hwarha-hwiwalsá'' → ''hwarhwilsá'' ‘moth’ with both «wa» and «ha» syllables being deleted, aggressively reducing the syllable count down to three.
 =====Consonant simplification=====
 ====Historical phonological rules====
 =====Rhotacisation=====
-The early Skájamál ''s'' in intervocalic position was voiced and became ''r'' except in those cases where an adjacent syllable already contained an ''r'', e.g. MSK. ''ekozana'' → ''ekorana'' but ''mázér'' → ''mázér''.
+The early Skájamál ''s'' in intervocalic position was voiced to ''z'', which changed to ''r'' except in those cases where an adjacent syllable already contained an ''r'', e.g. MSK. ''ekozana'' → ''ekorana'' but ''mázér'' → ''mázér''.
 =====Siever's law=====
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 Here serving as the accusative of motion to a place
-:'''''Anglalandá''' tá hwaris''
+:'''''Anglalanná''' tá hwaris''
 :To England.{{sc|acc}} you go.
 Finally, it can be used to express spatial and temporal relations.
-:''sa búráze Anglalandán '''srinn ménárunn'''''
+:''sa búráze Anglalannán '''srinn ménárunn'''''
 :He lived in England three months.{{sc|acc}}
 ====Dative====
+The dative is used to denote the second target argument of many verbs and is used for the comparative construction.
+The regular use
+:''évájk '''astí''' lamhah''
+:I give guest.{{sc|dat}} lamb.{{sc|acc}}
+:I give the guest a lamb.
+The dative of comparison
+:''hrárínín aziupirá Wáran '''séma''' wah''
+:In wisdom the deeper Odin ''them''.{{sc|dat}} was
+:In wisdom the greater of them was Odin
 ====Genitive====
 ====Instrumental====