Практикум по истории языка (древнеанглийский период). Пятышина Т.Г - 14 стр.

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METATHESIS

Two similar changes took place from time to time in no very

regular manner. Certain consonant groups were sometimes reversed, so

that one finds in OE both ascian and æcsian "to ask", for example. Also

r was reversed.

E.g. Gmc. brennan – brinnan became OE birnan "to burn".

LOSS OF h AND COMPENSATORY LENGTHENING

If h came between two vowels, it disappeared and so did the

following vowel. If the preceding vowel or diphthong had been short, it

was lengthened.

E.g. feohes – feos (gen. sg. of feoh) "money".

If rh or lh came between two vowels the h was lost, and if the

preceding vowel or diphthong had been short, it was lengthened.

E.g. feorhes – feores (gen. sg. of feorh) "life".

SMOOTHING

In Northumbrian and West Saxon dialects all diphthongs were

monophthongs before the consonants c, g, h and the combinations r or 1,

followed by c, g, or h. In these conditions ēa, ēo, īo (both long and short)

became respectively ee, e, i later on æ, so developed, became ē. This

change took place after Back Mutation but before Loss of h.

E.g. meaht, feorh, heāh in WS and mæht, ferh, hēh in Anglīan.