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====Historical phonological rules====
====Historical phonological rules====
=====Rhotacisation=====
=====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=====
=====Siever's law=====
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Here serving as the accusative of motion to a place
Here serving as the accusative of motion to a place


:'''''Anglalandá''' tá hwaris''
:'''''Anglalanná''' tá hwaris''
:To England.{{sc|acc}} you go.
:To England.{{sc|acc}} you go.


Finally, it can be used to express spatial and temporal relations.
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}}
:He lived in England three months.{{sc|acc}}


====Dative====
====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====
====Genitive====
====Instrumental====
====Instrumental====