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 Stress is indicated in the standard orthography with an acute accent only if:
-# The stress is not on the first syllable, and
+# The stress is ''not'' on the first syllable.
-# the stressed syllable is a short vowel. (Long vowels cannot be unstressed, though they may sometimes take secondary stress.)
+#: (By default, stress falls on the primary syllable.)
-For example, ''fergúne'' ‘mountain’, but ''garǣts'' ‘correct’.
+# The stressed vowel is short.
+#: (All unstressed long vowels were reduced to short vowels in the [[Middle Valthungian]] period.)
+# The stressed vowel is not ‹œ› or ‹y›.
+#: (The rounded front vowels can only occur as the result of i-umlaut, which could only arise from a stressed vowel.)
+For example, ''ferg'''ú'''ne'' ‘mountain’, ''župst'''é'''nǧin'' 'to set upright'; but ''gar'''ǣ'''ts'' ‘correct’ or ''gaw'''œ'''rčin'' ‘to handle’.
 ====Ligatures & Liaisons====