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allévaré Spanish alll viar to alleviate 
créatiira ‘§ erlatura creature 
déus * dlos deity 
écclesia ef Iglesia, Fr. église church 
xeqvalis gs Tgual, Old Fr. Igale equal 
réspondéré Ital. rl’spondéré to respond 
séciirus « sIcuro secure. 
257. A vowel may be preserved for ages unchanged. The following are examples of 
vowel identity between Latin and English. 
obedio obey réeno LT reign vena vein 
rédimo redeem précor J pray vélo I veil 
situs seat marinus marine verbena vervain 
croc-10 croak arma arms puppis poop. 
Here the etymologic E is represented by ey, ei, ay, ai; etymologic I by ee, ea, i-e, (§ 254,) 
and etymologic O, U, by oa, co. Thus, an orthography which represents different forms as 
similar, must represent ¢dentic forms as different, and must still be considered etymologic. . 
258. The following words exhibit an identity of vowels between old Frisian and English. 
fri Sree hi he swet sweat 
hir here mi me wepn weapon 
iven even thi thee hwer where 
del - dale breker breaker tema tame 
hel hale stil steel niar near 
spiri spear tron throne saterdi saturday. 
Here a genuine I is represented by e, ee, e-c,ea. Here me is torn from its affinities Latin MIhi, 
Italian MI, German MIr, to associate it with Anglish me, or perhaps French me, which is 
neither ME nor MI. ) 
259. The vowel relations of allied languages are often irregular, as in the following 
Flemish and English examples, which have the same vowel (0 in floor, door,) in the 
Flemish, but different ones in English. 
voor fore sermoon sermon voor jor doof deaf 
loos loose soon sun oor ear droom dream 
boom 00m zoon son rood ved stroo straw. 
260. A'S and A’V have arisen in the English hide (a skin) and German haut, from the 
old high Ger. HUT, which took the German form at one step, whilst the English form 
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