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Auferesis gagnstaðlig próthesi ok tekr hon af upphafi orðs staf eða samstǫfu sem þá at v sé tekit af í þessu nafni vrungu, þvíat þýðerskir menn ok danskir hafa v fyrir r í þessu nafni ok mǫrgum ǫðrum, ok þat hyggjum vér fornt mál vera, en nú er þat kallat vinðandin forna í skáldskap, þvíat þat er nú ekki haft í nórænu máli.
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Aphaeresis is the opposite to prothesis, being the subtraction of aletter or syllable from the beginning of a word, as if "v" were to be taken from the form vrǫngu, for the Germans and Danes have "v" before the "r" in this form and many others, However we consider that archaic speech, and that practice is now called old vinðandi in poetry because it is no longer customary in Norse speech.
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