dede, ‘deed,’ (: fede, Prol. 465, mede, i. 1553, &c., spede, i. 2653, &c., ȝede, ii. 855, forbiede, iii. 1122), but dede (dead): dede, i. 1037 f.
drede (: nede, i. 1987, 2240[U], : spede, iv. 629, : hiede, iv. 1448, &c.), but dede (dead) : drede, ii. 3405 f., drede : rede (from rēad), iv. 185 f.
leche (: seche, ii. 3220, beseche, iii. 413).
meete, ‘dream,’ (: meete, from mētan, iii. 51).
mete (unmete), adj. (: mete, from mētan, ii. 458, iii. 1100).
slep, slepe, subst. and verb, (kepe : slepe, Prol. 309 f., 475 f., slep : kep, i. 155, &c.), but slep : hep (hēap), iv. 3007 f.
speche (spieche) (: seche, Prol. 174, beseche, i. 1986).
spieke (speke), from sprǣcon, pret. pl. (: beseke, ii. 959, sieke, ii. 1456).
thred (: sped, i. 1419).
ȝer, ȝere, (ȝere : stiere, ii. 2379, ȝer : hier, iii. 129, ȝeeres : pleiefieres, iv. 481), with no instances apparently of ę̄.