1. SHORT VOWELS.

Old English _ă_ is (1) preserved before _n_ and _m_: 744 and 788 _Iame

-- +name+_. 927 _Adryan -- +jentylmane+_. 13 _+londe+ -- +wonande+_. 352

_+stond+ -- +lygand+_. 1128 _+stond+ -- +shynand+_. No part. pres.

on-_ond_ rhyming with an unvariable _-ond_ has been traced out until

now, but 1824 _+wepand+ -- wonde_ (ags. _wunden_) seems to be the first.

2. Changed into _o_. 516 _rome -- +frome+_ ags. _rûm -- fram_. 2446

_+mon~+ -- done_. 1190 _none -- shone -- +anon+ -- done_. 1257

_+ouercom+ -- Aragon~_. 1989 _son -- +can+_ (= _+con+_). 2040 _+anon~+

-- bone_. A curious exception is 1929 _+grame+ (= greme) -- teme --

Ierusalem_; cf. _Gaw._ l. 312.

O.E. _e_, the _i_-umlaut of _a_, is preserved: 373 _end -- +wend+_. 476

_+went+ -- jent_. 924 _teƚƚ -- +hell+_. 1702 _+hell+ -- Desoneƚƚe_. 1798

_feƚƚ -- +heƚƚ+_. The past partic. of _seón_, _segen_, has been

contracted into _sen_. 1562 _+sene+ -- wene_.

O.E. _æ_ has become _a_: 45 _+spake+ -- take_. 363 _ffare -- +bare+_.

726 and 876 _+sale+ -- Portynggaƚƚe_. 1074 _passe -- +was+_. 1131

_+sale+ -- tale_. 1233 _+thare+ -- fare_. 1236 _+was+ -- Sathanas_. 1399

_care -- +thare+_. 2287 _+was+ -- alas_.

_æ_ has become _e_: 2026 _wildernes -- +was+_. 764 _derre -- clere --

+ware+_ (ags. _wær_). 1951 _+there+ -- bere_. 328 _+glad+_ (= _gled_) --

_redd_.

_æ_ has become _ay_ by the vocalization of the following _g_: 25

_+fayne+ -- Torrayne_. 1025 _+may+ -- +day+_, _+wey+ -- +laye+_. 1071

_+say+ -- +day+_. 2029 _+day+ -- +way+_.

O.E. _ea_ becomes _o_ before _ld_: 303 _+hold+ -- +bold+_, _fold_ (ags.

_folde_) -- _+cold+_. 422 _gold -- mold, +hold+ -- +told+_.

_ea_ has become _a_: 399 _Portyngaƚƚ -- +bale+_ (ags. _bealu_). 531

_+care+ -- far~_ (ags. _cearu_). 1891 _ffare -- +care+_.

_ea_ has become _e_: 1166 _beheld -- feld -- sheld -- +weld+_ (ags.

_wealdan_). 2359 _preste -- +breste+_ (ags. _bearst_).

O.E. _eo_ has turned into _e_: 1166 _+beheld+ -- ffeld -- sheld --

weld_.

O.E. _Ä­_ is preserved as _i_ and _y_: 51 _+knyght+ -- +nyght+_. 307

_+dym+ -- +hym+_. 1783 _+myld+ -- +child+_. Only once this vowel has

changed into _e_: 714 _+wret+ -- get_. _i_ rhymes with _e_: 3 _wynde --

ende -- lende -- ffynde_.

O.E. _ŏ_ is unaltered: 422 _+gold+ -- +mold+_. 1122 _+gold+ -- +mold+_.

O.E. _Å­_ has become _o_: 367 _+dore+_ (ags. _duru_) -- _befor~_. 765

_Aragon~ -- +son~+_. 1257 _+ouer com+ -- Aragon~_. 1762 _+com~+ --

kyngdome_. 1801 _done -- +sonne+_ (ags. _sunu_). 2320 _+sonne+ --

dungeon_.

O.E. _y̆_, the _i_-umlaut of _ŭ_, has the value of _i_, written _i_ or

_y_: 390 _+kysse+ -- iwysse_. 1564 _tiƚƚ -- +fullefyƚƚ+_, _yƚƚ -- wyƚƚ_.

1740 _evyƚƚ -- +fulle fylle+_. Only once it rhymes with _e_: 1484

_+hyƚƚ+_ (= _+heƚƚ+_) -- _yeƚƚ -- befeƚƚ -- weƚƚ_, never with _u_.