Category:English terms with /ɛ/ for Old English /y/

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  1. burial
  2. hemlock
  3. ember
  4. knell
  5. merry
  6. fledge
  7. dent
  8. bury
  9. kernel
  10. pebble
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. fledge
  2. kernel
  3. bury
  4. pebble
  5. dent
  6. burial
  7. merry
  8. knell
  9. ember
  10. hemlock

In Kentish Old English, historic /y/ became /e/, which regularly developed to modern /ɛ/. Even in Kent, these forms have been mostly replaced by those showing the usual Anglian development to modern /ɪ/, but a few survive, whether in the standard language or dialectally. Note that before /ɹ/ then a consonant, this sound has developed further to /ɜː(ɹ)/. Additionally, terms which never had /y/ in the variety of Old English they come from should not be included in this category (an example is elder (“senior”), which comes from Anglian eldra, not West Saxon ieldra, yldra).


Pages in category "English terms with /ɛ/ for Old English /y/"

The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

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