NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
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| de dropped. | de retained. |
| blö(d)e to bleed. | mit Hjærte blöder my heart bleeds. |
| bry(de) (in past tense brydde) to trouble, bry sit Hode med (spelt: bryde sit Hoved) to trouble one's head about something. | bryde to break (a wholly different word, pres. tense pron. bryte, past tense bröd (pron. brøt). |
| bry(de) sig om to mind. | |
| bry(de) en Gut med en Jente to tease a boy about a girl. | |
| by(de) to offer, by(de) paa noget to give a bid for something or to invite to partake of something. | byde command, Loven byder the law commands, sælge til höistbydende to sell to the highest bidder. |
| fö(de) to bear (give birth) and to feed (especially in the abbreviation the rule in this latter meaning), sultefö sine Kreaturer to starve one's cattle. | du skal föde en Sön thou shallt bear a son, Födeland country of birth. Födemiddel aliment. |
| gli(de) to glide. | Glidebane a slide. |
| glæ(de) to gladden jeg glæ(de)r mig til de(t) I anticipate it with pleasure. | Glæde joy, de(t) glæder mig at höre I am glad o hear it. |
| klæ(de) to dress, at klæ(de) paa en to dress somebody, det klæ(de)r Dem godt it fits you well, Klæ(de)r clothes, Haandklæ(de) towel, Klæ(de)sbörste clothes brush. | beklæde et Embede to fill an office, Klæde cloth, sort Klæde black broadcloth, Ligklæde pall. |
| la(de) et Gevær to load a gun. | Ladested small town (without a city charter). |
| la(d) det vœre let that be, i. e. don't do that (see § 106). | lade to leave undone. |
