(1) That it is sometimes fully pronounced, as in ll. 87 and 91—
fró | ðat tíme | we tél | len áy ||
ðo gán | hem dá | gen wél | iwíſſe ||
(2) That it is sometimes rapidly slurred over, as in l. 96, already cited;
and
(3) That (especially after an _r_) it is often so pronounced as to be
incorporated with the syllable preceding it, so that the whole word,
supposing it a dissyllable in appearance, becomes monosyllabic in
pronunciation; as in l. 514—