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[XVIII. THE ORISON OF OUR LADY]
[Manuscript:] Cotton Nero A 14, British Museum. See p. 355.
[Editions:] Morris, R., OEH i. 191-9 (with translation), and Specimens, 129-32 (part only); Zupitza-Schipper, AE. Lesebuch, ed. viii. 106-10.
[Literature:] Kölbing, E., ES i. 169; Lauchert, F., ES xiii. 83; xvi. 124. Marufke, W., Der älteste englische Marienhymnus, Leipzig, 1907; Vollhardt, W. (see [p. 269/19]).
[Phonology:] This section should be compared with the account of MS. N of the Ancrene Wisse, pp. 363-5, the copy of which is by the same scribe as the Orison.
Oral a is a, hauest 9, uare 119; a before nasals is o, mon 74, nome 126, hwon 112, 119, but me 45; a before lengthening groups is o, londe 16, ilong 96, but and 4: þeonne 118 is influenced by heonne. æ is regularly e, et 90, gled 54, hedde 144, nes 68, once ea, sead 30, and a in habbe 82 (4 times), hwat 106, was 88 (4). e is e, aleggen 133, seggen 158; before lengthening groups, engles 27, schende 92, but i in siggen 134, siggeð 72, 73: in seoruwe 60, 89, 120 eo represents œ, i-umlaut of o. i is i. o is o, uorst 38, hopie 110, note 88; before lengthening groups, gold 34, nolde 143: þene 93, 127, 169 is LWS. þæne: on without stress is a 9. u is u, kume 117, unne 164; before lengthening groups, bunden 123, murnen 44. y is u, agult 82, muchele 14 (7), sunne r. w. wiðinnen 92; before lengthening groups, guldene 45, 52, welsprung 72 r. w. þing, but chelle 45: king 57, kinestol 25 have the usual i. ā is o, holie 126, loðe 93, one 21, but a adv. 129, a art. 150; before two consonants, wost 145: nenne 131 represents nǣnne. ǣ1 is divided between e (15), clenenesse 163, er 66, techen 48; before two consonants, euer 54, lefdi 2 (5), neuer 30 (3), and ea (10) in cleane 42 (3), todealen 95, deale 154, heale 6 (3), healen 124, leafdi 170: ilch 81 is OE. ylc. ǣ2 is regularly e, uorbere 106, greden 155, misdeden 156, were 105, but a in hwar 106. ē is e, greten 152, swete 17, but eo in steoren 45, weopen 44 represents umlaut œ̄, and idreaued 58, 82, from drœ̄fan, descends in form from drǣfan. ī is i, arine 127, bliðe 116, hird 51, but u in hwule 12, 153, swuðe 14 (6), wummon 23, wummen 19. ō is o: ū, u: ȳ, u, kuðe 118 r. w. siðe, fulðe 94 r. w. dweoluhðe, luðere 123, luðernesse 107, schrude 139 r. w. wide, ischrud 51.
ea before r + cons. is e, der 158, erme 64, ert 158, 160, herm 36, ȝeruh 132, but ȝeirkest 49. ea before l + cons. is a, al 4 &c., uallen 111, ualuwen 39, schalt 149: the i-umlaut is seen in wille 46 (wiell). eo before r + cons. is eo, eorðe 159 r. w. wurðe, ueor 94, ȝeorne 80, 103, heorte 4 (5); to the wur group belong wurðie 7, wurðeð 21, wurð 122, wurschipe 13: beornen 104, wurðe 138, 160 are without umlaut. eo before l + cons. is u in suluen 64, 66, 100. The u- and å-umlaut of a is wanting in kare 120, iðauien 142; it may possibly account for e in were 71, comp. helwearum VP 29/4, Sodomwearena VH 7/62. eo, u-umlaut of e is eo, dweolðe 148, dweoluhðe 93, heouene 77 (3), heoueriche 24, 150. eo, å-umlaut of e is eo, ueole 9. eo, å-umlaut of i is o, hore 22, 42. ea after palatals is a, schal 45, and e, ȝef 100. ie after ġ is i, ȝiue 162, ȝif 102, 126, ȝiuest 34 (3), uorȝiuenesse 110, 132, but e in forȝelden 135. EWS. gief is ȝif 42, 84. eo after sć is u, schulen 41, 43; ie after sć, i, ischild 120. eom is am 112, 113, ham 98; heom, ham 56.
ēa is ea, deað 36, leasung 75, read 53, but e in ek 87, ec 159, edmodnesse 79, isched 88; its i-umlaut is e, aulem 94, alesed 15, ȝeme 163, ȝemeð 42, ȝeme 121, ihere 84, but dreameð 27, without umlaut. ēo is regularly eo, beon 113 &c., biseon 134, deoflene 15, leoue 2 (10), but looue 100, 170, apparently for lōue; the i-umlaut is e, onsene 27. ēo after g is eo, ȝeomer 40: gīet is ȝet 109.