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IV. The Stressed Vowels of Ælfric's Homilies, Vol. I.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

Extract

Our knowledge of the phonology of Old English, and more especially of Old English vowels, is as yet comparatively limited. Nor can this afford much occasion for surprise, when we consider how short a time has elapsed since the initial steps were taken in what could justly be considered a scientific treatment of the subject. The phonology of Old English therefore offers a broad field for investigation, and it has been the purpose of the author of this monograph to cover some portion, however small, of the unexplored territory.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1889

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References

Confused with td—toe.

Between this æ and a following g, an inorganic i is sometimes developed: dæign avamlice 136.7; læg 452.2; mæig 412.35; mæig 82.4; mægihad 148.7.

An inorganic i is sometimes developed between thisæ and the following consonant: cæig 368.35; gæi 92.2.

An inorganic i is sometimes developed between thisæ and the following consonant: mæiglic 404.1.

An inorganic i appears in mæi 368.9.

*An inorganic i is found in æig 250.11.

Between this e and a following g an inorganic i is found in weig 108.32.

An inorganic i is developed between this e and a following g in seig 200.33.

Either by gradation from Germ. ae, or from analogy of onéow, etc. Thus, ‘Phil. Soc. Eng. Dict.‘ s. v. ankle.