_h_.
O.N. _h_ initially before vowels remains, except in
_aweband_.
O.N. _h_ initially before _r_, _l_, _n_, is lost: _rad_,
_rangale_, _ruse_, _lack_, _loup_, _nieve_, etc.
O.N. _ht_ remains, is not assimilated to _tt_, e.g.,
_sacht_, _unsaucht_.
An inorganic _h_ initially appears in _hendir_,
_hugsum_.

_hv_.

O.N. _hv_ regularly > _qu_, _quh_: _quhelm_, _quey_.

_m_, _n_, _l_, _r_.

O.N. _m_ regularly remains.
_m_ before _t_ > _n_ in _skant_, _skantlin_.

O.N. _n_ always remains, _nd_ is not assimilated to _nn_.
Cp. Cu. _winnle_.

O.N. _l_ initially remains.
Medially and finally generally remains.
O.N. _l_ after _o_ > _w_: _bowdyne_, _bowne_, _bow_.
_l_ very frequently takes the place of _w_ medially:
_golk_, _dolf_.
An excrescent _l_ appears in _gylmyr_.

O.N. _r_ regularly remains.
Disappears before _sk_ in _bask_, undergoes metathesis
in _gyrth_.
Inflexional _r_ remains in _caller_.

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