| Some general guides |
| ~ | follows a palatalized consonant. This is sometimes also shown by \y\ or \(y)\. |
| ~ | follows a nasalized vowel. |
| ( ) | indicates a lightly pronounced consonant. This is
sometimes also shown by a lower case letter imbedded in a stressed syllable
(see (y) below). |
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Pronunciation Symbols
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| \ay\ | the sound of <a> in <take>, <ai> in <aid>, and <ay> in <way>. |
| \ah\ | the sound of <ah> in <bah>, <a> in <father>, and <o> in <lock>. |
| \dh\ | voiced \th\, the sound of <th> in <this>, <thy> and <bathe>, but not in <thistle>, <thigh>, and <bath>. |
| \ee\ | the sound of <ee> in <feed> and <ea> in <team>. |
| \eh\ | the sound of <e> in <neck> and <vend>. |
| \oh\ | [O], the sound of <o> in <more>. |
| \oa\, \o\ | [o:], the sound of <oa> in <boat>. |
| \oo\ | represents either: - the sound of <oo> in <cool> and <moon>; or
- the sound of <oo> in <book> and <good>.
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| \ow\ | the sound of <ow> in <how> and <ou> in <loud>, not <ow> in <low>. |
| \(r)\ | an unvoiced trilled <r>, used in Old Norse as a nominative case suffix. For example, <Grímr> is represented as \GREEM(r)\. This sound is not found in English. |
| \th\ | voiceless \th\, the sound of <th> in <thistle>, <thigh>, and <bath>, but not in <this>, <thy> and <bathe>. |
| \(y)\ | a very slight consonantal \y\ sound combined with the consonant directly preceding it into a single sound. This sound is not found in English. (The same sound is sometimes presented by using a lower case <y> embedded in an all-caps (stressed) syllable, for example, \KyENN\.) |
| \@\ | the sound of <a> in <about> and <soda>. (This sound is called schwa.) |