Hinn 23. júní 2004 lét William Calhoun þetta frá sér fara:

> What is the pronunciation of a medial g as in the word eigi? How does this
> differ from the pronunciation of an intial g as in the word garðr or the
> double g in gløggt or gløggsær? What are the rules that govern the
> difference in the pronunciation of the letter g as its position changes in a
> word.

A somewhat thorny subject. The modern pronunciation of these
words would look like this in something resembling IPA:

eigi [ei:I]
gløggt [klöXt]
gløggsær [klök:sai:r]

Thus, in the first word the 'g' has effectively disappeared
after being palatalized. In the second word the 'g' is a
fricative. In the third it is a long stop.

In the Old Icelandic stage the 'g' is assumed to have been
voiced in most or all positions. It is also assumed to have
been present in words like 'eigi' as something like a semi-palatalized
voiced fricative (not quite [j]). A word like 'dagr', on the
other hand (nowadays pronounced [ta:GYr]) will have been something
like [daGr] if we let 'G' stand for 'gamma'.

I suppose this is a bit muddled but I have neither the books
nor the time for a better reply now.

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