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Flashcards in Vowels Deck (9)
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1
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a

A

‘a’ in father–ex) macian (to make), bāt ‘boat’

2
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æ

A

‘a’ in cat–bæc ‘back’, rǣdan ‘to read’

3
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e

A

‘a’ in fate–helpan ‘to help ‘, fēdan ‘to feed’

4
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i

A

‘ee’ in feet–sittan ‘to sit’, līf ‘life’

5
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o

A

‘oa’ in boat–god ‘God’, gōd ‘good’

6
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y

A

‘u’ as in French tu, dur–cyning ‘king’ brȳd ‘bride’

7
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i (West Saxon)

A

approximately ‘i’ in sit–ieldesta ‘eldest’, hīeran ‘to hear’

8
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eo

A

(contested) an [e] rounded to o/u, like ME ‘churl’: dēop ‘deep’

9
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ea

A

(contested) started with ae and moved to a, (like in ‘father’): rēad ‘red’, feallan ‘to fall’