Практикум по истории языка (древнеанглийский период). Пятышина Т.Г - 10 стр.

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dōmian – deman "judge"

fullian – fyllan "fill"

ontunian – ontynan "open"

2. Diphthongs: ea – ie, ea – ie, eo – ie:

hleahian-hliehhan "laugh". This ie often became i, ӯ: hlihhan,

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hearian-hiēran "hear". This ie often became i, ӯ: hiran, hӯran.

afeorrian-afierran or affiran, afyrran "remove",

etreowi-etriewe or etriwe, etrywe "true".

BACK OR VELAR MUTATION

A different kind of mutation was caused by a back vowel /a, o, u/ of

the following syllable before liquids /r, l/ and labial consonants /p, b, f, m/,

thus developing front vowels into diphthongs:

i – io hira-hiora "their", sifon-siofon "seven", limu-liomu "limbs".

e – eo hefen-heofon "heaven".

a – ea saru-searu "armour".

An example of Mutation before h is to be found in the word "night":

we come across the 4 variants in OE texts: neaht, nieht, niht, nyht.

CONTRACTION

If in OE words two vowels met, they were usually contracted into

one long vowel. The main types of contraction are as follows:

ah – eah, as in slahan – sleahan – slean "slay" or "kill".

eh – eō: sehan – seōhan – seōn "see".

oh – ō: fōhan – fōn "catch"