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MR HENRY BELLYSE BAILDON ON 



§ 49. There is nothing in this or the foregoing lists of OE. e sounds to gainsay the 

 contention that e was already, in certain positions, in MSc = S, and the spellings hie, 

 qualitie, etc., bear out this view. 



AE. (mut. of OE. a. Grrac. ai). 

 § 50. 1, not followed by r or w, rimes with 



a) itself, 

 heill : deill (v), 37, 2. 

 sweit (sweat) : bleit : quheit, 175, 332. 



b) Angl. e = WS. m, "WGrmc. a. 

 breid : weid, 315, 12. 

 reid : leid (OE. lreden = Latin = learning), 221, 16. 



c) OE. ea. 

 glemis : stremis : bemis, 102, 28. levit : berevit, 



288, 61. 



d) OE. gen. e, ene (aefen) : wene (e), 70, 9. 

 deill : feill (e,) 75, 26. 



e) OE. e mut. of o. 

 mene (v) (NE. mean) : kene, 117, 12. 

 meyne (v = moan, lament) : mene : schene : greyne, 



122, 39. quene, 370, 47. 



f) Angl. e-WS. Ie.' 

 deill : steill, 75, 28. 



g) OE. 5o\ 

 mene (moan) : bene, 353, 64. meyne ( = moan), 



370, 47. 

 glemis : lemis, 102, 29. lene, bene, 73, 23. 



mene : bene, 117, 15. mene : sene, 315, 13. 123, 



36. 

 seis : theis, 194, 69. kneis, 194, 86. 

 see : thre, 194, 85. 



f) OF. and Lat. e. 

 les : progress : posses : incres, 87, 51. 



,, : dress, excess, 131, 93. 

 ,, : express, 75, 45. 

 teiche : preiche, 239, 13. 240, 26. 

 „ : fleiche, 240, 26. 



g) Er. a and ea. 

 maist : haist, 356, 46. 

 deill : leill, 37, 4. 

 beill : „ 37, 3. 



h) Fr. ei. 



lene : fene, 73, 8. 245, 68. 

 ,, : disdene, 73, 13. 

 ,, : strene, 74, 28. 

 j) Fr. ai. 



lene : complene, 73, 5. 



§51. 2) before r, rimes with 



a) OF. e and ie. 



leiris : Cordilleris freiris, 80, 45. 

 feir : cheir, 246, 101. 



b) OE. ea. 



fear : geir, 254, 31. 



c) Gen. OE. e. 



leir : heir, 325, 21. 



d) OF. ei. 



sweir : heir, 34, 11. 



There is nothing in these lists but what confirms the conclusions of S 40 



§ 52. 3, before w, rimes with 

 a) OE. eo + w. 



§ 53. rimes with 

 a) OE. ea. 



slewth : rewth : trewth, 237, 16 (see Curtis, 

 350, Gerken, § IX. 1). 



ON. M 



thrall : all, 359, 28. 



ON. EI 



§ 54. rimes with 



a) OE. e + g (see §32). 



ay : say, 114, 20. away, 114, 21. play, 196, 146. 



b) OE. oe + g(see§32). 



ay : lay, 114, 23. day, 212, 39. 



c) OF. ei. 



ay : affrey, 196, 145. they : pray, 109, 180. 



d) OF. ai. 



ay : assay, 349, 82. they : array, 109, 180. 



EA 



after sc. and g. 

 § 55. 1, after sc, g, in open syllables not followed by g, rimes with 

 a) OE. a-schame : name, 85, 5. etc. etc. (see § 1). 



