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<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Morphology<br><br>Hi again</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Ívison <i>et al.</i>!<br><br>I've come to demonstrate the eating of both crows and humble pies.<br>
<br>A very kind and discrete private message of one of my favorite Danish Lowlanders (<i>og tak ska' Du ha'</i>) pointed out that my information about the definite article in Western Jutish was incorrect. My (h)umble apologies! I went back to my notes, but they are old and I don't remember what I based them on (if on anything other than occasional fancy flights of my enfeebled mind). Then I checked other sources and found that what I wrote was indeed wrong. I hope I got it right now.<br>
<br>Real Western Jutish does not distinguish genders and uses only what in other varieties is the common gender </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(<i>fælleskøn</i>). So here is a revision:<br>
<br>Definite:<br><br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">English: <b>the</b> father | <b>the</b> house</span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Low Saxon: <i><b>de</b> vadder</i> | <i><b>dat</b> huus</i></span></font><br><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">South Jutish: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b> far</i> | </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus</i></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">West Jutish: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b> fær</i> | </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus</i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Danish: <i>fa(de)r<b>en</b></i> | <i>hus<b>et</b></i></span></font><br><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Norwegian: <i>fa(de)r<b>en</b></i> | <i>hus<b>et</b></i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Swedish: <i>fa(de)r<b>en</b></i> | <i>hus<b>et</b></i></span></font><br><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Faroese: <i>faðir<b>in</b></i> | <i>hús<b>ið</b></i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Icelandic: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>faðir<b>inn</b></i> | <i>hús<b>ið</b></i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Old Norse: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>faðir<b>inn</b></i> | <i>hús<b>it<br>
<br></b></i></span></font></div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Indefinite:<br>
<br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">English: <b>a</b> father | <b>a</b> house</span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Low Saxon: <i><b>een (</b>~<b> 'n)</b> vadder</i> | </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>een (</b>~<b> 'n)</b> </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>huus</i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">South Jutish: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>en (</b>~<b> 'n)</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> far</i> | </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>et (</b>~<b> 't)</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus</i></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">West Jutish: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>én (</b>~<b> 'n)</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> fær</i> | </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>én (</b>~<b> 'n)</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus</i></span></font><br>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Danish: </span><i style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"><b>en</b> fa(de)r</i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"> | </span><i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">et</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"> hus</span><br>
</i>etc.<br></span></font></div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
Good thing I find umble and crow edible, if not delicious.</span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font></div>
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In Danish, older Scandinavian masculine and feminine have coincided:<br>
</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>Icelandic: <br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">masculine: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><br>
</i></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">aðir</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'a father'</span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">aðir</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>inn</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'the father'</span></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">feminine: <i><br></i></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>klukka</i> 'a clock'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - klukka</i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><i>n</i></b> 'the clock'</span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">neuter: <br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>hús</i> 'a house'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - hús</i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>ið</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> 'the house'</span></font><br>
</div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></font></div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Danish: </span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">common: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><br>
</i></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</span></b> f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a(de)r</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'a father'</span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a(de)r</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b></b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</span></b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'the father'</span></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</span></b> </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>klokke</i> 'a clock'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - klokke</i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><i>n</i></b> 'the clock'</span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">neuter:<br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">et</b> hus</i> 'a house'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - hus<b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">et</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b></b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> 'the house'</span></font></div>
</div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Southern Jutish: </span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font>
<div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">common: </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><br>
</i></span></font>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>en</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"></span></b> f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ar</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'a father'</span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ar</span></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'the father'</span></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</span></b> </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>klokk'</i> 'a clock'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> klokk'</i> 'the clock'</span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">neuter:<br>
</span></font>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">et</b> hus</i> 'a house'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus<b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"></b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> 'the house'</span></font></div>
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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Western Jutish: </span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>en</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"></span></b> f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>æ</i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">r</span></i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'a father'</span></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> f<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>æ</i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">r</span></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 'the father'</span></span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</span></b> </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>klokke</i> 'a clock'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> klokke</i> 'the clock'<br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">en</b> hus</i> 'a house'</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> - </i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>æ</b></i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> hus</i></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> 'the house'</span></font></div>
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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Furthermore, as in other Scandinavian varieties (but unlike Old Norse and conservative Icelandic and Faroese), the indefinite article might be regarded as having come to occupy the position of a numeral, adjectives, etc., as in Western Germanic. They seem to be related to the enclitic definite articles as well as with words for "one," the latter as in Western Germanic. (Danish for "one" is <i>en</i> or <i>et</i> according to gender.) I suspect that these changes occurred under Middle Saxon influence. In Jutish, more intensive Saxon influences seem to have led to the abandonment of the old enclitic definite article in favor of </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>æ</i> (etc.) preceding a noun the way Saxon masculine and feminine <i>de</i> and neuter <i>it</i> ~ <i>et</i> ~ <i>dat</i> do, corresponding to English "the".<br>
<br>You might go as far as saying that Jutish and the northernmost Low Saxon varieties represent a bridge between Northern and Western Germanic, although the former is clearly still North Germanic and the latter are clearly West Germanic.<br>
<br>How many crows do I have to eat now?</span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>
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