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Rh = vun,  = vur, and exceptionally (4) uo, as  = tuon. This latter sound is, however, generally represented by. represents, as we shall see, the greatest variety of sounds, and it is, therefore, not surprising if Michael Adam, in his instructions "wie men teutsch leien un' schriben sol," printed at the end of the Hebrew-German Yosippon, Zurich 1546, says after his rather lengthy exposé: "darum wo einr fint ein waw un' ein jod bei inandr, so muss ers nach seinem vr stand leien," i.e., these two letters, when they stand together, represent such great a variety of sounds that they defy any rules as to their pronunciation, but the reading of which must be left to the ingenuity of the reader. The sounds which waw and yod render in our MS. are:&mdash;(1) û (including the umlaut iu), as = ûf,  = hûs,  = ûz,  = dûht or diuht,  = bûsem,  = siulen; (2) uo in  = schuol,  guot,  tuot,  muot; (2) ü in  = begünnen,  = fünf,  = üm süsnt; (4) o in  = opfer; (5) ô in  = schôn,  = erlôst. The latter word could, of course, be read erloest, but the rhymes with trôst (515, 1185) show the proper reading to be erlôst. (6) ö in = söben,  = söbenzik,  = töhter; (7) œ in  = schoen,  = froelich,  = boes; (8) ou(we) in  = frou(we); (9) iu(we) in  = iuer,  = liuten,  = riu(we)n,  = hiut; (10) üe in  = müewen,  = güet(e),  = gemüet,  = füess(e).

i in = in, ? s = w, T*3 = Ms, W = iw; (2) e in, p3Wfr5cAa^fff, and always in the pref. ge- and , (3) ie in ^W} = niemant (4) e in ^K = 'g. (I) I in 8^3 = 61, 8^1*51, m = rfrl, t v ^T = paradls, (2) et in !" =, p3 = 6; (3) ow, ew in Tni frond (e), tOU^Ti = /?e^.

The only vowel sign that leaves little doubt as to its sound value is the 'ayin, which represents either the short e