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MR HENRY BELLYSE BAILDON ON 



§23. JE + G rimes with 



a) itself and seg. 



day : lay, 93, 8. 104, 48. snaill : taill, 70, 10. 

 lay : clay (OE. as), 242, 5. 



b) with eg. or ecg. 



day : tway : say, 73, 1. 

 day : play, 126, 32. 

 lay : away, 100, 186. 



c) OF. ei and ai 



lay : affray : 100, 184. 



lay : pray (prey), 104, 54. 



lay : array, 242, 2. 



day : pray, 104, 54. 126, 34. 



day : abbay, 314, 9. 



day : may, 347, 20. 



,, : array, 347, 23. 

 they (or ON. ei) pray : display : 109, 177. 



fair : air, 106, 1 15. 368, 33. 



d) OE. Jie or a, + r. 

 fair : hair, 106, 14. 



,, : sair, 375, 21. 



e) OE. ae (not followed by g). 

 fair : bair, 376, 23. 



f) OE. a-(see§ 1). 



g) OE. a (see § 18). 



h) OF. or Lat. a fair : repair, 74, 1. Ill, 223. 



„ : preclare, 89, 26. 92, 2. 



,, : compair, 89, 31. 



„ : declair, 283, 10. 



,, : etc., etc. 

 k) with OE. ae or ON. ei. 

 haill : taill : snaill, 70, 10. 



For discussion of ce + g see under e+g, § 32 ; Curtis, § 135 ; and Gerken, § 6. 5). 



E- sounds in ME. and MSc. 



24. E- sounds in MSc. 



a) (1) OE. ea e.g. read = NE. red. 



(2) OE e - lengthened in ME. e.g. stede. 



(3) ON. a?, e.g. saete (NE. seat). 



(4) OF. e = (l) Lat. a+1 or + n, e.g., natural (2) 

 Lat. 6, i, as or Grmc. in position. 



(5) OF. ei, ai. 



§ 25 - 

 (3) (1) WS. ae Angl. e Grmc. 25. WGrmc a e.g. 

 dited Angl. ded, NE. deed. 

 (2) OE. ae (i - mutation of a) maenan (to mean). 



§26. 



y) (1) WGrmc. e (including e final which was 

 lengthened), e.g., slep (prt = slept), he, (prn). 



(2) OE. 6 + Id, etc., e.g., feld (field). 



(3) OE. e Northmb. Ie (i mut. of 5), e.g., swete 

 (sweet). 



(4) Angl. e WS. ie. y (i mut. ea eo), e.g., heran, 

 hieran, hyran (hear). 



(5) OE. eo = (I.) Grmc. eu, e.g., deop, (II.) con- 

 tracted from eiy + a, u, e.g. seon (to see) from 



(3) AF. e = OF. ee + ch, e.g., preechier (to preach). 



(4) Lat. e Greek rj. 



sehan, (III.) eo before (Grmc. e or i) lengthening 

 consonants, e.g., leornian (to learn). 



(6) OF. e = (I.) Lat. a, e.g., cler (clear), (II.) Lat. 

 e or Gk. n Lat. ae and Gk. ai, Lat oe, Gk. oi 

 and Lat. 6 in open syllables, e.g., ME. procede, 

 tragedie, repete. 



(7) AF. e = (I.) OF. ie., e.g., grief, (II.) OF. ue = 

 Lat. o in open syllables, e.g., buef (beef). 



Table of a, (3, y rimes. 

 § 26u. a and (3 rimes. 



heidis : beidis : leidis, 79, 17. deid : leid, 131, 84. 

 steidis : deidis (daed), 246, 93 reid (red), leid, 131, 



87. 

 deid (ea) : deid (daed), 363, 103. speiche :streiche, 



leiche, 308, 31. 



leill (OF. leal) : deill : heill : 37, 6. weill : seill, 



42, 60. 

 speir : feir (fear), 194, 96. 



§ 27. a and y rimes. See also Luick, Untersuch., gg 356 and 358. 



* leik (OE. ea) : breik (OE. e), 167, 240. eik : meik, 



271, 35. 

 f 3eir : cheir : 33, 4. 246, 110. and cleir, 231, 5. 



,, : neir : compeir, 96, 72. 

 speir : deir, 99, 165. 

 steir : deir, 119, 48. 137, 52. 



speiris : weiris : effeiris : 98, 126. 



leif (OE. leaf) : cleif, 232, 7. mischief : 259, 10. 



leif : breif, 232, 6. mischief : beleif, 262, 83. 



: reif, 260, 33. 

 weill : quheill, 218, 13. skeillis : quheillis, 176, 

 359. 



* leik, eik from late Anglian luc, ec (Sievers, § 163). 



t Angl. 5§r, for WS. 3er. 





