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XX 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. ; ȝereced 1812 is A. and K. No special importance is to be attached to the non WS. ȝecnucad 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, etest 423, byon 624 and ȝeberned(e) 811 2222 are A. The vocalism of ærfodum 615 seems to be properly Mercian and the same may be said of hæfeð 82, driȝ 821, ȝedriȝede 1215 and forþricceð 1813. It is, in fact, well-known that the Saxon patois are rich in Mercian forms.

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