Re: Loss of Tone

"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

but _hunde_ "dogs" without (Old Norse _hunda(r)_, I
think).

ON <hundar> 'hounds'; with the postposed article it's
<hundarnir>.

The Danish plural might be derived from the old plural accusative,
which was _hunda_, I believe.

/Thomas
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