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the mouth-position of sounds generally. I throw out this suggestion for what it may be 

 worth, but into the general question of the history of the it-sound, as also the t-sound, as 

 treated so fully by Prof. Ltjick (" Untersuchungen," § 381, and following) and by Dr 

 Curtis (§ 361, etc.), I shall not at present enter further, as I could not hope to add 

 anything to their results without an examination of a mass of material outside of 

 Dunbar, which is impossible in the time at my disposal. Professor Luick calls this 

 sound il-artig, that is, a kind of u-sound, and I have merely suggested identifying it 

 with the u or uh of his table (Untersuch., § 19), whose mouth-position lies immediately 

 behind the regular w-sound. As for ctim, see Arch., cii. 57. 



§ 99. 1. U : + nd, u + nd, rimes with 



a) itself. 



under : hunder, 204, 23. sounder, 247, 13. 

 stound : dround : wound, 378, 103. 



b) Fr. and Lat. o. 



woundit : soundit, 380, 26. 

 dround : sound, 171, 286. 

 found : pound, 245, 75. 



One is inclined here to agree with Dr Gerken that Dr Curtis's attempt to establish 

 two classes of rimes here is not successful. The simplest explanation is, and that is 

 borne out by the spelling sounder, that under and hunder have still an w-sound, if shorter 

 in quanthVy than dround, stound, etc., which retain their w-sound in NSc. Pound, 

 again in NSc., is usually pdn, and this shortening is probably connected with the loss of 

 the final d, and consequent shortening befor^ final n. 



§ 100. 2. u + ng 

 a) with itself. 



§101. 3. + m or mb, rimes with 



a) itself, 

 dum : sum, 249, 26. 



§ 102. 4. before 11, rimes with 



a) OE. eo + w. 



fow : 5ow, 38, 17. 



b) OE. u + w. 



fow : trow, 38, 20. 



5. before other consonants. 



tung : sung, 325, 17. 3oung, 357, 64. 



b) with u- (see § 97). 



c) OE. u (see § 104). 



i a) with itself, pursis : cursis, 80, 39. 



b) OF. ou. 



pursis : cursis : tursis, 80, 38. 

 pursis : „ 231, 18. 



c) ON. u (see § 104). 



U- (OE. and ON.) 



§ 103. 1.) followed by w, rimes with 

 a) OE. eTJ + w. trow : 3ow, 38, 17. 



§ 104. 2. not followed by w, rimes with 

 a) itself, 

 hous : mowss, 36. 53. crowss (NSc. crouse), 36. 52. 

 rowmes (OE. rum = rent, property) : thoumbes, 



231,6. 

 lowd : prowd : schroud, 274, 3. 

 oule : defowll, 177, 364. 

 fowle, 208, 8. 224, 73. 

 brown : toun, 310, 25. 



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sowp : cowp (NE. cask), 300, 45. 

 bouris : schowris, 102, 14. 



b) OE. ul : growf (ON. agrufu) : wowf (OE. wulf), 



36, 57. 



c) OE. ii + g(see§ 97). 



d) OE. o + g(see§94). 

 f) OE. u : 



ws : thuss, 42, 27. 



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