In the Southern dialects we find the compound vowels _ue_, _eo_, _ie_, _ea_
(_yea_). In the Ormulum _eo_ occurs, but with the sound of _e_, and _ea_ in
Genesis and Exodus is written for _e_.
II. The change of an initial _ð_ (th) into _t_ after words ending in _d_,
_t_, _n_, _s_, that is to say, after a dental or a sibilant.[15]
"ðanne iſ _tis_ fruit wel ſwiðe good."—(_Gen. and Ex._, l. 334.)
"ðe firſt moned and _te_ firſt dai,
He ſag erðe drie & _te_ water awai."—(_Ibid._, l. 615-6.)
"ðin berg and _tin_ werger ic ham."—(_Ibid._, l. 926.)
"at _te_ welle[n]."—(_Ibid._, l. 2756.)
This practice is much more frequent in the Bestiary, which is a proof,
perhaps, that the present poem has suffered somewhat in the course of
transcription.
"neddre is _te_ name."—(_O.E. Miscellany_, p. 5.)
"it is _te_ ned."—(_Ibid._, p. 6.)
"ðis lif bitokneð ðe sti
ðat _te_ neddre gangeð bi,
and _tis_ is ðe ðirl of ðe ston,
ðat _tu_ salt ðurg gon."—(_Ibid._, p. 7.)
"at _tin_ herte."—(_Ibid._, p. 7.)