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SUMMARY
The paper is based on the interrelation of phonetics and prosody regarding
alliteration in Icelandic poetry with words carrying initial h-. The various pronunci-
ations of h- are discussed, as are scholars’ somewhat differing views. They all agree
that h- before a vowel stands for [h], and most that hj- is pronounced [5]. Concerning
hl-, hn-, hr- a disagreement appears. Some claim they represent [1], [n[, [r], others
[hj], [hn], [hr], or even [hl], [hn], [hr]. Furthermore, hv- has two main variants, [xw]
(so-called /iv-pronunciation) and [khv] (Zrv-pronunciation). The latter has only been
dated back as far as the 17th century, the oldest examples of the alliteration hv- : k-
being from the 18th century. — All /i-words can alliterate, which, it is argued here,
does not prove anything about their pronunciation.
A study of Hjálmar Jónsson’s (1796-1875) poetry forms the basisof the paper. He
lived in the Z:v-pronunciation area, and only three examples of hv- alliterating with
k- appear in his juvenilia. Afterwards he strictly alliterates hv- only with h-. This he
must have imitiated from his poet-predecessors. But there are many examples in his
poetry of /iv-words standing in stressed syllables in lines where the alliteration falls
on other /i-words. In such cases /:v-pronunciation must be assumed; otherwise he
leaves us more /i-words than the rules permitted.
Some examples from Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807^15) are considered too. He came
from the kv-area, and it appears that like Hjálmar Jónsson he sticks to the hv-: /i-al-
literation, using hv- : k- only sporadically, mainly to create special literary effects.
What may be termed „repeated alliteration” is also discussed. A study of Hjálmar
Jónsson's poetry reveals that his use of /i-words in more than one alliteration-pair in