staroangielski qualitative changes 2

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baeth
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bath ae to a merger
assa
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asse ae to a merger
cynn
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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
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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
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dogge me reduction to schwa
cyningas oe
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kinges me reduction to schwa
lufu oe
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love me reduction to schwa
slaepan oe
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slępe (non-SW slepen) raising of low vowels
stan oe
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sto, n (northern staan/stain) raising of low vowels
daed oe
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dęd raising of l v
oe bryd
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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
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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
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as bryd
oe mys
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as bryd
leaf
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lęf monoph
seon
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seen mono
heorte
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herte mono
nied
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nid/nyd mono
where the diphthongs came from?
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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
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wei
saegde
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saide
boga
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bowe
sagu
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sawe
eghte
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eighte
dohter
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doughter
tahte
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taughte
feawe
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fewe
growan
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growen
blawan
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blawen

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