I messed up in my last post of the Jamtlandic alphabet
(some "special" characters were not approved by the system and I made
some mistakes concerning my presentation). Here's a better list
(hopefully):
A
[A:] before short consonant; LAG [´lA:G] (n. 'team, pack'),
[a] before long consonant; LANN [´lann] (n. 'land, country'),
[o] before NG or NK; RANG [´roNN] (adj. 'wrong').
Á
[o::] before short consonant; LJÁ [´jo::] (n. 'scythe'),
[o] before long consonant; HÁTTUG [hott`u] (adj. 'pleasant').
À
[] in the end of a word; KASTÀ [ka`ast] (v. 'throw'),
[E] elsewhere; KASTÀÐ [kast`E] (adj. 'thrown').
Å
[O:]; LÅÐÅ [lO:`DO] (n. 'barn').
B
[b] when short; BØÐIN [b2:`Dn] (adj. 'invited'),
[bb] when long; SABBUG [sabb`u] (adj. 'slushy')
D
[d] when short; DETTÀ [dE`Ett] (v. 'fall'),
[dd] when long; SKODDÀ [sko`odd] (n. 'fog').
Ð
[D] between vowels; SIÐER [sI:`DEr] (comp. adj. 'later'),
[V] after AU; SAUÐ [´sOU:V] (n. 'sheep'),
[] elsewhere; LIÐ [´lI:] (n. 'joint'), FJEÐR [´fje:r] (n. 'feathe=
r').
E
[e:] before short consonant; BER [´be:r] (n. 'berry'),
[E] before long consonant; FENN [´fEnn] (n. 'snowdrift').
É
[I::] before short consonant; KNÉ [´knI::] (n. 'knee'),
[i] before long consonant; FRÉTTÀ [fri`itt] (v. 'interview'),
[jI::] in the beginning of a word; ÉL [´jI::L] (n. 'snow shower'),
[E] after T and K; TÉTT [´tSEtt] (adj. 'dense').
F
[f] when short; FEGIN [fEjj`In] (adj. 'happy'),
[ff] when long; MÓFFAR [mUff`a] (n. 'grandfather [mother's kin]').
G
[G] when short; VÊG [´v{:G] (n. 'road'),
[gg] when long; VEGG [´vEgg] (n. 'wall'),
[g] in the beginning of a word; GLÍSÀ [gLi:`i:s] (v. 'grin, sneer'),
[j] when short and before front or mid vowel; GÊRA [j{:`ra] (v. 'do,
make'),
[ddZ] when long and before front vowel; STEGGÌ [stE`EddZ] (n. 'sea-
bird').
H
[ ] before J and V; HJÂMA [j{:`ma] (v. 'freeze to ice [a surface]'),
[h] elsewhere; HEVI [he:`VI] (v. 'put').
I
[I:] before short consonant; SKRIVIN [skrI:`VIn] (adj. 'written'),
[i] before long consonant; SKRINN [´skrinn] (adj. 'thin').
Î
[{:]; VÎTA [v{:`ta] (v. 'know'), MÎÐ [´m{:] (pron. 'we').
Í
[i::] before short consonant; KRÍM [´kri::m] (n. 'cold'),
[i] before long consonant; FÍNT [´fint] (adv. 'elegantly').
Ì
[ ]; ALLRÌ [all`Er] (adv. 'never').
J
[j]; JÓRÐ [´jU::L] (n. 'earth, dirt'),
K
[k] when short; KROPPÀ [kro`opp] (v. 'scratch, pick'),
[kk] when long; TJUKK [´tSukk] (adj. 'thick, fat'),
[c] when short and before mid vowels; SKØTIN [sk2:`tn] (adj. 'shot'),
[tS] when short and before front vowel; KYTTÀ [tSy`ytt] (v. 'jump'),
[ttS] when long and before front vowel; BAKKÌ [ba`attS]
(n. 'hillside').
L
[L] when short; FLUKKAR [fLukk`ar] (n. 'picker [of something]'),
[ll] when long; KVELL [´kvEll] (n. 'evening'),
[l^o] when long and before T; SALLT [´sal^0t] (n. 'salt'),
[l] in the beginning of a word and after mid or front vowel; LEIÐ
[´lEI:] (adj. 'bored').
M
[m] when short; MÝLÀ [my:`y:L] (v. 'squeeze, cuddle'),
[mm] when long; SKJEMM [´SEmm] (adj. 'blunt').
N
[n] when short; NIÐ [´nI:] (adv. 'down'),
[nn] when long; STRANN [´strann] (n. 'beach').
O
[O:] before short consonant; SPOR [´spO:r] (n. 'trace, print'),
[o] before long consonant; STOLKJÀ [sto`oSS] (n. 'girl').
Ô
[A:]; SÔVA [sA:`Va] (v. 'sleep'), SÔN [´sA:n] (n. 'son').
Ó
[U::] before short consonant; DÓTIR [dU::`tIr] (n. 'daughter'),
[U] before long consonant; BÓNNÌ [bU`Unn] (n. 'farmer').
P
[p] when short; PIKKLUG [pikk`Lu] (adj. 'weak, poor'),
[pp] when long; SKRUPPUG [skrupp`u] (adj. 'wrinkled').
R
[r] when short; RAUÐ [´rOU:V] (adj. 'red')
[rr] when long; SPJARRÀ UPP [spj{rr`Upp] (v. 'open')
[r] when long and after Y; DYRR [´d2:r] (n. 'door').
Ř
[S]; SNÂŘP [´sn{Sp] (adj. 'fast, quick').
S
[s] when short; SISÁN [sI`so:n] (adv. 'in this way'),
[ss] when long; KLUSS [´kLuss] (n. 'slap').
T
[t] when short; TÝNÀ [ty:`y:n] (v. 'destroy'),
[tt] when long; STUTT [´stutt] (adj.'short'),
[tS] before É; TÉTT [´tSEtt] (adj. 'dense').
U
[u:] before short consonant; GUÐ [´gu:] (n. 'God'),
[u] before long consonant; TUSSUG [tuss`u] (adj. 'soon to be sick')
Ú
[Y::] before short consonant; NÚNAN [nY::´nan] (adv. 'now'),
[Y] before long consonant; FÚLT [´fYt't'] (adv. 'angrily').
V
[v] in the beginning of a word; VEÐR [´ve:r] (n. 'weather'),
[V] elsewhere; LÎVA [l{:`Va] (v. 'live').
Y
[2:] before short consonant; YVIR [2:´VI] (adv. 'over'),
[y] before long consonant; LYNG [´lyNN] (n. 'sprigs'),
[2:] before RR; FYRR [´f2:r] (adv. 'before, earlier').
Ý
[y::] before short consonant; LÝSÌ [ly:`y:s] (n. 'lamp'),
[y] before long consonant; FLÝDD [´fLydd] (adj. 'fled').
Æ
[E::] before short consonant; STRÆK [´strE::k] (n. 'boy'),
[E] before long consonant; LÆGD [´lEgd] (n. 'flat depressed area').
Ø
[2:] before short consonant; TØK [´t2:k] (adj. 'easy to learn'),
[9] before long consonant; ØKS [´9ks] (n. 'axe').
Ö
[2::] before short consonant; BJÖR [´bj2::r] (n. 'beaver'),
[9] before long consonant; BÖNNR [b9nn´Er] (n. plur. 'farmers').
EI
[EI:] before short consonant; EIL [´EI:l] (n. 'fire'),
[E] before long consonant; GREITT [´grEtt] (adv. 'decently').
AU
[OU:] before short consonant; BRAUT [´brOU:t] (n. 'heap'),
[o] before long consonant; HAUST [´host] (n. 'autumn, fall').
ØY
[9y:] before short consonant; TØY [´t9y:] (n. 'thaw'),
[9] before long consonant; TRØYTT [´tr9tt] (adj. 'tired'),
[2::] before R or ÐR; RØYÐR [´r2::r] (n. 'char').
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Down below, in the same order as they appeared, I give the Old Norse
cognates of the listed words (for you to see the correspondences):
lag
land
(v)rangr
fara, þat
ljár
*háttugr - comp. ON 'háttr'
kasta
kastaðr
hlaða
boðinn
*sabbugr - comp. ON 'safi'
detta
*skodda - comp. eng. 'shade'
siðari
sauðr
liðr, fjöðr
ber
fönn
skera, með
kné
frétta
él
þéttr
feginn
*móður-faðir
vegr
veggr
glissa
gera
steggi
*hjama (hjáma?)
hefja
skrifinn
*skrinnr - comp. ON 'skorpinn'
vita, mið = við (-um við > -um mið)
*krím(r) - comp Far. 'krím'
fínt (late ON)
jörð
kroppa
þjukkr
skotinn
*kytta
bakki
*flokkari - comp. ON 'flokkr'
kveld
salt
leiðr
*mýla
skemdr
niðr
strönd
spor
stúlka
sofa, sonr
dóttir
bóndi
pikklugr - comp. ON 'pikka'
*skruppugr (possibly from Lat. 'scrupulus'?)
rauðr
sperra upp
dyrr
snarpr
sisána, sisona
*kluss
týna
stuttr
þéttr
guð
þussugr - comp. ON 'þurs, þuss'
núna
fúlt
veðr
lifa
yfir
lyng
fyrr
lýsi
flýddr
strákr
lægð
tökr
øx
bjór
bndr
eldr
greitt
braut
haust
þeyr
þreyttr
reyðr
A quiz: The acute accents in the propsed Jamtlandic spelling are easy
to understand etymologically where they come from, but where do the
grave and circumflexed accents ( ` and ^ respectively ) come from?
[Hint: check the stem lengths in the ON cognates!]