If we take now the words in which ē is from ǣ corresponding to Germanic ai, we obtain the following results.
With ę̄:
er (: ner, ii. 2285).
geth (: deth, ii. 1804, 2616, &c.).
lene, ‘lend,’ (: bene, v. 4407).
leve, ‘remain,’ (: bereve, Prol. 412).
se (see), ‘sea,’ (: stree, iii. 86, iv. 1715, sle, iv. 1664), but be : se, iv. 1625 f., me : see, viii. 1723 f.
ȝe (ȝee), ‘yea,’ (: slee, iii. 262, 2068, stree, iii. 668).
(stre, slee, have no ẹ̄ rhymes, so we have no reason to suppose, as in the case of Chaucer, that final ē has a close sound.)
With ẹ̄: