O.E. _â_ is preserved in the following rhymes:[2] _a._ 39 _take --
+stroke+_ (= _strake_, ags. _strâc_), _spake -- take_. 97 _+sore+ --
fare_. 103 _+goos+ -- +takythe+_ (=Â _gas -- tas_). 280 _wakyn~ --
+tokyn+~_ (ags. _tâcen_). 334 _care -- +sore+_. 590 _fare -- wher_,
_+hore+ -- care_. 705 _fare -- +gere+_ (ags. _gâr_). 788 _Iame -- name_,
_+bone+ -- schame_. 834 _+ga+ -- ma_. 977 _fare -- bare_, _+sare+ --
chaffare_. 1143 _glade -- +rade+_. 1238 _Cate -- gate_, _bad -- +wott+_
(ags. _wât_). 1251 _+brod+ -- made_; cf. 1303, 1306, 1501, 1526, 1604,
1612, 1663, 1669, 1825, 1911, 2178, 2356, 2617.
[Footnote 2: The rhymes with _tane_ and with _John_ are not
quoted, as these words occur also as _tone_ and _Johan_; they are,
therefore, of no use in fixing the sound of the _â_.]
_b._ O.E. _â_ has changed into _o_: 16 _sone_ (ags. _sunu_) -- _+gon+_.
141 _rode -- +rode+_ (ags. _rôd -- râd_). 195 _+bon+_ (ags. _bân_) --
_Rome_. 238 _+wote+_ (ags. _wât_) -- _fote_. 654 _browÈ -- +goo+_. 1062
_+tho+ -- do_. Cf. 1196, 1226, 1295, 1381, 1809, 1812, 1815, 2013, 2025,
2028, 2037, 2046, 2295, 2298, 2301, 2542. The result is, that in 26
cases old _â_ is preserved, in 22 cases changed into _ô_.
O.E. _æÌ_ is turned into (1) _a_: 154 _+were+ -- fare_. 603 _fare --
+were+_. 1020 _+were+ -- fare_. 2074 _care -- +ware+_.
Into (2) _e_. 379 _+dede+_ (ags. _dæÌd_) -- _hed_. 1047 _+were+ --
chere_. 1053 _sped -- +lede+_ (ags. _læÌdan_). 1263 _stede -- +wede+_
(ags. _wæÌd_).
Into (3) _o_. 1113 _+mone+_ (ags. _mæÌnan_) -- _Aragon_. 1384 _beffore
-- there -- +were+_.
O.E. _ô_ is preserved throughout: 73 _+wode+ -- +good+_. 112 _+rode+ --
+blod+_. 118 _Rome -- +kyrstendome+_. 313 _+done+ -- +sone+_.
Before _g_ the vowel _u_ resp. _w_ is inserted: 145 _+browght+ --
nowght_. 279 _+browght+ -- +thowght+_. 2053 _+sought+ -- +brought+_.
O.E. _ê_ is preserved: 123 _+kene+ -- sene_. 743 _dede -- +sped+, wede_.
1849 _+wepe+ -- slepe_. 2055 _grene -- +kene+_. 2458 _be dene --
+wene+_.
O.E. _î_ is preserved as _y_: 196 _+tyd+ -- +syd+_. 325 _+fyve+ --
+lyve+_. 777 _+wyse+ -- deuyce_. 900 _+ryde+ -- +syde+_.
O.E. _û_ is written _ou_ resp. _ow_ in the French way: 921 _renowne --
+towyn~+_. 978 _+downe+ -- renowne_. 1425 _+nowe+ -- rowe_. 2634
_+mouth+ -- +couth+_. It has become _o_: 516 _+rome+ -- frome_ (ags.
_rûm -- from_). Cf. 2641 _renown -- +son+_.
O.E. _eá_ has become _e_: 1929 _grame -- +streme+, Jerusalem_. 2554
_Jerusalem~ -- +streme+_ (ags. _streám_).
O.E. _eó_ has changed into _e_: 153 _+be+ -- hee_: 782 _+fre+ -- he_.
888 _+tre+ -- crystyanté_. 1643 _+be+ -- charité_. 1861 _+ffree+ --
cité_.
O.E. _Å·_ remains _y_: 1361 _pride -- +bedsyde+_. 1433 _pryde -- +ryde+_.
1473 _+wyde+ -- pride_. _ŷ_ or _ê_, the _i_-umlaut of _eá_ or _e_, is
found as _e_: 63 _were -- +here+_ (ags. _hÅ·ran_). 235 _+here+ -- were_.
327 _sted -- yed, +nede+ -- sped_. 408 _yede -- +ned+_. 1552 _stede --
+nede+, indede_.