Vowels Flashcards
1
Q
a
A
‘a’ in father–ex) macian (to make), bāt ‘boat’
2
Q
æ
A
‘a’ in cat–bæc ‘back’, rǣdan ‘to read’
3
Q
e
A
‘a’ in fate–helpan ‘to help ‘, fēdan ‘to feed’
4
Q
i
A
‘ee’ in feet–sittan ‘to sit’, līf ‘life’
5
Q
o
A
‘oa’ in boat–god ‘God’, gōd ‘good’
6
Q
y
A
‘u’ as in French tu, dur–cyning ‘king’ brȳd ‘bride’
7
Q
i (West Saxon)
A
approximately ‘i’ in sit–ieldesta ‘eldest’, hīeran ‘to hear’
8
Q
eo
A
(contested) an [e] rounded to o/u, like ME ‘churl’: dēop ‘deep’
9
Q
ea
A
(contested) started with ae and moved to a, (like in ‘father’): rēad ‘red’, feallan ‘to fall’
