a compromise between the vocalism of grūt and that of grytt[1]–1622, pule 2020, fulfune 2025. The spelling in u after w in wurmas 812 is regular in late WS.[2]
20. For OE. «umfast» y cf. under i.
Long vowels.
§ 9. ā.
OE. ā is preserved whether it represents
α) Germ. ai: hatan 23, adle 41, bares 1823 etc.
Note.–On. hæte 106, hæle 1013 etc., hæres 208 2014 cf. Spelling p. XVII.
β) WGerm. ā: ȝelacnað 1419. We meet also with læcned 412.
§ 10. ǣ.
OE. ǣ representing i mutation of Germ. ai is preserved as ǣ: æniȝe 41, æniȝun 44 614, ȝehæled 410, ær 62, dæle 616, clænsunge 1226. However by-forms in ā are not rare: ar 820, haled 1012, alcen 44, clane 621 and ȝeclansod 623 show the vocalism of the adverb clāne.
Notes.–a) The a in hamede 164 is somewhat surprising as the grammars and dictionaries have only æ; still as the vowel rests on Germ. ai, ǣ being due to the verb hæman, a by-form in ā is quite admissible.
b) ealtewa 1218 is no doubt a scribal error for eálteaw. For examples of ealteaw cf. BT s. v.
§ 11. æ̂.
OE. WS. æ̂ (corresponding to A. and K. ë) remains unchanged: fætelsa 48, nærdran 82, wætan 83, ȝewæȝe 814, oferslæpe 122, þær-to 124, þær-on 2211, blædranll 1215, wæpned 1222, eaȝe-bræwas 1614, læcedom 2011. Here again by-forms in ā occur here and there: lacedome 222, þare 622, þarmid 109 2023.
