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§ 2. a (ǫ) before nasals.

Germanic a is more generally represented by a: man 2₁₀, nama 2₁₂, þanne 2₁₃ etc, ȝewanaþ 20₂₃. However we meet with on 2₁₂, ðone 2₂₀, comb 6₁₇, ȝesomne 6₂₀, wom 14₂₂.

§ 3. æ.

OE. æ in close syllables or in open syllables before palatal vowels is represented

1⁰. by æ: þæs 2₁₂ 2₁₉ etc, ælmihtiȝon 2₁₂, æfter 4₅ 18₁₁, heafod-wræce 4₉, fæstende 4₂₆, wæteres 8₅, wætere 12₁₂ 20₇, ȝebærnede 8₁₄ etc, bræȝen 14₁, wlæc 14₂₄, hrædlice 16₁₄.

2⁰. by a: besides nappunge 20₈ and þeoþ-wrace 18₂ which occur in OE. we notice þas 2₂₁, baðe 4₉, habbe 6₁₁, after 6₁₈ 12₁₁ 18₂₀, ȝe barned 8₇ and ȝebarnedne 22₇, hradlice 8₂₀, fastende 12₁₂, watere 10₁₁, braȝen 12₂ 16₅ 18₂₃ 18₂₅.

Note.–Besides a alternating with æ in the verb bærnan we meet twice with the Anglian e: ȝebernede 8₁₁, ȝeberned 22₂₂.

§ 4. e.

1⁰. OE. e (original or mutation e) is preserved: cweð 2₁₂, cned 18₂, feld-beona 22₉–nemned 2₁₀, eles 4₇, ahefe 6₆.

Note.–The e of feld appears as feald in feald-beona 14₁₃.

2⁰. It appears as æ in ælcor 22₁₂.

3⁰. It appears as y in sylf 20₁.

§ 5. i.

1⁰. OE. «fast» i, viz. the sound originally represented by i in Germanic or i due to mutation is represented

α) by i: linnenon 2₁₃, ȝeflite 2₂₂, þriwa 14₁₇;

β) by y: hyt 4₈–tobrycþ 10₁₀.

Notes.–a) u in wul 20₁, (wulle 24₃ is due to the w and corresponds to the y in late WS. wyle. Notice also y (u)lcan 10₃ and cy (u)ld 12₂₇.