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2⁰. The vocalism of sylf 20₁₁ and that of smere 12₂₀, ȝesmered 14₁₃–in the last two of which, it is true, the accented e is corrected into i (y),–are found in WS., A. and K.^[1]; ȝereced 18₁₂ is A. and K.^[2] No special importance is to be attached to the non WS. ȝecnucad^[3] 8₈, in which the a is sufficiently accounted for by the want of accent.

3⁰. embe 6₂₁ 18₁₅ and embehwyrft 4₂₂ (also ymbhwyrftum 4₁₃) are K^[4], etest^[5] 4₂₃, byon^[6] 6₂₄ and ȝeberned(e)^[7] 8₁₁ 22₂₂ are A.^[8] The vocalism of ærfodum^[9] 6₁₅ seems to be properly Mercian and the same may be said of hæfeð^[10] 8₂, driȝ 8₂₁, ȝedriȝede 12₁₅ and forþricceð^[11] 18₁₃. It is, in fact, well-known that the Saxon patois are rich in Mercian forms.^[12]

B. Phonetics.
I. The vowels in accented syllables.
Short Vowels.
§ 1. a.

OE. a in an open syllable before a guttural vowel remains a in hafast 2₂₄, hafað 20₆.

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1. Bülbr. § 304 and § 186 anm. 1.
2. ib. § 184.
3. Siev. § 414.
4. Siev. § 154; the vocalism in e can also be explained by the weak accent (Bülbr. § 454).
5. Siev. § 371 anm. 6, 7.
6. Bülbr. § 118.
7. ib. § 180 anm. 1.
8. The use of mid with the accusative 16₁₄ is another peculiarity of the same group of dialects (Sweet, Dict. s. v.).
9. Siev. § 158, 1.
10. ib. § 416 anm. 1, e.
11. HES. § 688. The change of y, ȳ to i, ī in the Midland dialects seems to have begun before the end of the OE. period (Kluge 1. c. § 100 and 101).
12. Förster 1. c.