--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:

>
> 'ok' has become 'og' with a long
> 'o' (as in Modern Icelandic 'norðri')

This part of my description (referring to changes between Old and
Modern Icelandic) is unintentionally ambiguous. The 'o' in Modern
Icelandic 'og' is long when emphasised or said apart from other words,
but has the same quality (i.e. the tongue is in the same position) as
the short 'o' in MIc. 'norðri'. In connected speech though, the vowel
in 'og' can be shorter, and the 'g' can be elided (dropped) when it
comes before a consonant other than 'h' (cf. Stefán Einarsson:
Icelandic: Grammar, texts, glossary).

LN