O2. Old English consonants Flashcards
b
as in modern English
d
as in modern English
k
as in modern English
l
as in modern English
m
as in modern English
n
as in modern English
p
as in modern English
r
as in modern English
t
as in modern English
x
as in modern English
s
like Modern English “s” at the beginning of a word, at the end of a word, or if it is next to an unvoiced consonant within a word.
like Modern English “z” if it comes between two vowels or between a vowel and a voiced consonant within a word.
f
like Modern English “f” at the beginning of a word, at the end of a word, or if it is next to an unvoiced consonant within a word.
like Modern English “v” if it comes between two vowels or between a vowel and a voiced consonant within a word.
þ OR ð
like Modern English “th” in the word “thin” (i.e. the unvoiced sound) at the beginning of a word, at the end of a word, or if one of them is next to an unvoiced consonant within a word.
like Modern English “th” in the word “that” (i.e. the voiced sound) if one of them comes between two vowels or between a vowel and a voiced consonant within a word.
h
like Modern English “h” if it occurs at the beginning of a word.
after a vowel that is pronounced at the front of the mouth (for example, i or e), it is also pronounced at the front of the mouth, and sounds like the consonant you hear in the German word “ich”
after a vowel that is pronounced at the back of the mouth (for example, o or a), it is pronounced at the back of the mouth, and sounds like the Scots pronunciation of last consonant sound in the word “loch”
c
pronounced with a k sound if it comes before a back vowel (like o or a) or another consonant.
before a front vowel (like i or e), or at the end of a word following a front vowel, it is usually pronounced like Modern English “ch”.
