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** unstressed ''eː > iː''
** unstressed ''eː > iː''
** non-final ''ɛː > aː'' (e.g. ''kɛːd > kaːd'')
** non-final ''ɛː > aː'' (e.g. ''kɛːd > kaːd'')
* ''x'' < earlier ''xs'' and in the combination ''xt'' is lost, lengthening preceding vowel (e.g. ''oxtuː > ɔːtuː'')
* ''x'' < earlier ''xs'' and in the combination ''xt'' becomes ''h''
** ''h'' < earlier ''x'' and ''s'' are lost, lengthening preceding vowel (e.g. ''oxtuː > ɔːtuː'', ''swehr > sweːr)
* '''Lenition 2''' of intervocalic and final consonants:
* '''Lenition 2''' of intervocalic and final consonants:
** also affects consonants adjacent to ''l, r'' (''balg > balɣ, mark > marg'')
** also affects consonants adjacent to ''l, r'' (''balg > balɣ, mark > marg'')
** previously lenited stops lenite again: ''b > β, d > ð, g > ɣ,''
** previously lenited stops lenite again: ''b > β, d > ð, g > ɣ,''
** ''p, t, k'' from earlier ''pp, tt / xt, kk'' become ''b, d, g'' (''ɔːtuː > ɔːduː'')
** ''p, t, k'' from earlier ''pp, tt / xt, kk'' become ''b, d, g'' (''ɔːtuː > ɔːduː'')
** ''s'' (from ''ss'') > ''h'', earlier ''h'' (< ''s'') is lost (''sanes > saneh, saμæhisp > saμæisp'')
** ''s'' (from ''ss'') > ''h'' (''sanes > saneh, )
* Final consonants are devoiced: (e.g. ''kaːð > kaːθ, balɣ > balx)
* Final consonants are devoiced: (e.g. ''kaːð > kaːθ, balɣ > balx)
* '''Full I-Mutation''' before ''i, iː'' or ''j'' in the next syllable:
* '''Full I-Mutation''' before ''i, iː'' or ''j'' in the next syllable:
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