...and come to think of it, I'm not all that happy about st. 7
either. Maybe best to come back to 7 one when I've had another go
at it.
> Nowadays the cluster 'kl' is pronounced [hkl]
> but the 'k' in 'rekinn' is pronounced [c].
rekin / Stikla-, I see, so it makes sort of a half-rhyme ignoring
the 'n' and 'l'. I've read that the palatal pronunciation of 'k'
and 'g' before front vowels must have existed in medieval times,
before the falling together of 'ö' (hooked o) and 'ø' for instance:
hence nýgjörving. When did this happen, 13th century? And how much
is known about when pre-aspiration began? Gordon/Taylor doesn't
refer to it in connection with Old Norse, but the same phenomenon
exists in Scots Gaelic.
> Helsingjaborg, Víncestr ok margir aðrir staðir ok borgir
Helsingjaborg, eh? That town gets about a bit...
LN