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Icelandic grammar

The phrase Helga Bjarni drap (Bjarni killed Helgi) might well occur in, say, a ríma.

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Strong verbs fall into six groups augmented by reduplication verbs, each with exceptions (such as auxiliary verbs, the r-verbs, and the only verb in Icelandic that has been called ‘totally irregular’, valda).

U-mutation

Icelandic u-umlaut, a similar process affecting only /a/ and operating productively in modern Icelandic

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