lete, from lǣtan, (: grete, i. 3365, &c.).
lewed (: thewed, i. 274, beschrewed, iii. 479).
sete, pret. pl., (sete : grete, iv. 1309), but siete (not in rhyme), v. 3339.
strete (: grete, i. 938, bete, i. 1156).
there (: ere, i. 499, 558, &c.), but also there : swere (neck), iv. 859, and hiere (adv.) : there, Praise of Peace, 178.
were, from wǣron, (: ere, Prol. 235, i. 2808, &c.), but also ẹ̄ in a few instances, as hiere (verb): were, i. 2741 f., hiere (adv.): were, v. 747 f.
where (e.g. elleswhere: eere, Prol. 9), but here (adv.): elleswhere, v. 361 f.
The substantive and verb red, rede rhyme about equally with ẹ̄ and ę̄, the latter cases being almost all with ded, dede (dead, sing. and pl.), as i. 1446, iv. 1940, 1960, &c. On the other hand, rede : hiede, i. 447 f., rede : spede, i. 1293 f., ii. 103 f., &c., red : sped, iii. 1991 f.
The following words of this class have as a rule ẹ̄:
cheke (chieke) (: mieke, v. 2471, eke, v. 3019).