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MR HENRY BELLYSE BAILDON ON 



the latter group. Taught, again, in NSc. has usually the pronunciation tdht, as has, 

 curiously enough, dochter = dahler. 



§94. 3. + g rimes with 

 a) OE. u. 



§95. rimes with 



a) OE. gen. e. 



slie : he, 204, 27. 



me, 285, 8. 288, 40. 3e, 140, 31. 



b) OE. eT>. 



slie : be, 154, 63. 



§ 96. rimes with 



a) OE. gen. e. de : we, 77, 7. 



the : de, 295, 79. 



b) OF. ie and e. petie : de, 119, 28. 



nativite : „ 294, 74. 



§ 97. 1) not followed by g, rimes with 



a) itself. 



spur : dure (NE. door), 281, 38. 

 thunnir : scunnir (OE. scunian), 136, 34. 



b) OE. and ON. u : . 



owk (NE. week) : bowk (NE. bulk, origin 



tain), 38, 25. 

 cum : dum, 249, 26. 136, 31. 



c) OE. 5. 



abone : sone, 239. 9. 



lufe : behufe, 348, 56. 



dure : fure, 282, 78. 



spur : „ 280, 13. 



duke (NE. duck) : luke, 257, 6. 272, 46. 



dukis : cluikis : ruikis, 226, 119. 



2) followed by g, rimes with 



a) with OE. u. 



fowlis : owlis, 98, 22. 



cowll : fowle (adj.), 268, 28. 



swownes : rownes, 45, 13. 



ON. GE 



c) OF. e-. 



slie : scurrilite, 154, 58. 

 ,, : supple : cuntre, 140, 31, etc. 



d) ea + ht. 



slicht : micht : wicht : sicht, 122, 18. 



ON. OY 



c) OE. eo. de : be, 171, 90. 



de :ble, 171, 293. 



d) OE. su + g. de : e (eage), 171, 292. 295, 77. 



e) Lat. e. de : me (Lat.), 285, 12. 



u- 



bruik : rebuik, cluik, 225, 86. 



d) Fr. o, Lat. u = ME. u. 

 abone : redoun, 243, 17. 



e) Fr. ii or Lat. u. 



uncer- dure : assure : demure : future : obscure : azur, 



218, 48. 

 abone : toun, 243, 20. 

 spur : pure : injure, etc., etc., 280, 13. 



f) OE. u. (see§ 103, etc.). 



g) Lat u. 

 cum : sum (Lat.), 249, 27. 



„ : tuum „ 282, 84. 

 h) ? 



somer : skomer (NE. micturate (of a dog) ), 168, 251. 



cowll : oule, 208, 12. 

 b) Dan. u (?) 



fowlis : scowlis, 226, 121. 



§ 98. It is clear that u in open syllables was lengthened, and also that it already 

 coalesced with b in the same position. I have followed Dr Curtis in using the sign ?/ 

 for the sound of the ME. u, which differs from the pure w-sound, as in German gut, etc. ; 

 but I cannot agree with his definition of the sound, as mid-back-wide-round, as it 

 appears to me not to be a back sound, but mixed, i.e. high-mixed-wide-round, or even 

 high-mixed narrow-round, that is to say, the U or uh of Prof. Luick's Table (Uiiter- 

 such., § 21). This view seems to me to have the advantage of making the mixture of 

 this sound with o (Luick oh), or their coincidence in an intermediate sound highly 

 probable, as oh is mid-mixed, and thus immediately below either u or uh in the mouth- 

 position. It is also consistent with the general tendency in English to throw forward 



