staroangielski qualitative changes 2

baeth

bath ae to a merger

assa

asse ae to a merger

cynn

unrounding of front rounded vowels SW&EM preserved the /y/and/0/ but spelled y as u & 0 as o -- kunn N&EM unrounded - kinn S - y&0 changed into e - kenn

heorte

unrounding of front rounded vowels SW&EM preserved the /y/and/0/ but spelled y as u & 0 as o -- horte N&EM unrounded - herte S - y&0 changed into e - herte

dogga oe

dogge me reduction to schwa

cyningas oe

kinges me reduction to schwa

lufu oe

love me reduction to schwa

slaepan oe

slępe (non-SW slepen) raising of low vowels

stan oe

sto, n (northern staan/stain) raising of low vowels

daed oe

dęd raising of l v

oe bryd

unrounding of front rounded vowels sw&wm y and 0 preserved - bruid n&em y to i - brid s - y to e - bred

oe deop

unrounding of front rounded vowels sw&wm y and 0 preserved - doop n&em 0 to e - deep s - 0 to je - dyep

oe pryd

as bryd

oe mys

as bryd

leaf

lęf monoph

seon

seen mono

heorte

herte mono

nied

nid/nyd mono

where the diphthongs came from?

spirants j and y(zawijas) formed diphthongs when preceded by vowels - front aj ej, back ow aw Epenthetic glides shift of syllable boundaries borrowing from French

weg

wei

saegde

saide

boga

bowe

sagu

sawe

eghte

eighte

dohter

doughter

tahte

taughte

feawe

fewe

growan

growen

blawan

blawen