§ 20. ēo.
OE. ēo remains: deor 211, ðreo 46. The analogical com is preserved 25.
Note.–The io shown by byon 624 also occurs in OE.
II. The vowels in weakly accented and unaccented syllables.
§21.
Although the OE. weakly accented and unaccented vowels are in the majority of cases retained unaltered, instances of confusion are numerous. Thus we meet with:
10. e for a: land-ȝemare 413, peniȝe 84, sceallen 821 109 1013, gomane 1014.
20. a for e: waȝunga 87, acwellaþ 812, lungane 106 1011 123 1817, sworetunga 1010, also bruca 1019, shuca (for suca) 166.
30. æ for e: ȝestjllæð 147, habbæ 2024.
40. u for e: fulfune (for wylfune) 2025. Of course this may be a pure scribal error.
50. y for ea: eah-sylfe 83.
60. a for o: heafad 617.
70. (e for o: inneþes 1825).
80. a for u: mæneȝa 25, horsa 43, burh-staþela 413, fingran 65, wifam 127.
90. e for u: læcecræftef (for læcecræftes) 29, worde 221, hermen 1017.
100. (o for u: eaȝon 2022).
III. Consonants.
§ 22. The semi-vowel w.
OE. w remains unchanged, both initially and medially: wol-berende 217, wexeð 1222, flewsan 61, smeruwe 1622.
