The Danish Speaker

By is pronounced ‘as the English pronoun I when both letters belong to one syllable, as: jeg, I; Omegn, environs; but else e and g have their original sounds, as: e-gen, own. Egne is therefore pronounced Ina (engl. Sounds) when the word is plur. Of the noun Subst. Egn, country, environs, but Agna, (rengl. Sounds) when it is the pl. Of egen, own.