a + g is aw, drawe 128, 141. æ + g is ei, dei 50, feier 137, mei 31, but daie 8, dai 166, fawe 142 (fagen). e + g is also ei, awei 94, pleie 62, reine 58 r. w. kwene. i + g final is i, holi 70, i 97, 106, moniuold 61, murie 27. i + ht is iht, wiht 31, 47. u + g is uw, muwen 65. ā + g gives ow, owen 13, owune 112; ā + h, ouh 7. ō + h is ouh, auouh 119, brouhte 86, inouh 62. ū + g is uw, buwe 3. ie, i-umlaut of ea, + ht is iht, miht 133, nihte 8. eo + ht is also iht, briht 19, uihte 60; the i-umlaut is seen in bisihð 81. ēa + g gives ei, beie 3, beien 18. ēo + ht is iht, liht 5, lihtliche 133, 135. ēa + h is seen in þauh 82, 105. ā + w, bloweð 37, soule 5, snou 38, but iseie (? gesǣge). ēo + w, kneon 3, kneouwunge 136, reoweð 101, þeoudome 98.
Swā is so 53. For e, u is written in owune 112; for o, e in heouene 77, sumer 39: e is added in clenenesse 163, heuede 108, heuedest 107, neuere 143, but neure 111; e is lost in hird 51; the suffix ing is ung in gretunge 135. on is weakened to a 9. u is added in dweoluhðe 93, muruhðe 61, seoruwe 60 (3), þuruh 122 (3); comp. ‘seluðe,’ AR 354/4.
Metathesis of r is seen in spert 140; rr is simplified in der 158; ll in wil 62; mm in ȝimstones 55. n is lost in i 50, o 96, 114 and medially in heoueriche 24, 150. bb is simplified in sib 60. f is generally preserved in combination with other consonants, deoflene 15, efter 76, lefdi 2; before u, ful 35, fulðe 94; finally, ȝif 126, lif 6; initially after a word ending in a voiceless sound, fawe 142, feier 137, fif 102, forboren 109, forȝelden 135. Otherwise it is u, v, uorst 38, aulem 94, auouh 119, iureden 38; exceptions are hefedest 143 and the contract hedde 144. t is added by inadvertence in þuruhtut 70; tt is simplified in biset 55: þ is omitted in wurschipe 13, wurchipe 130. After þet, þu becomes tu 72, 84, 91, but vort þu 64, þet þe 73, 74, bit þe 132, et ðe 90. ts is represented by c in milce 79 (3): bletsung is blescinge 162. ss is simplified in blisful 19. Initial sć is sch, gledschipe 14, schende 92, but wurðscipe 141, wurchipe 130; medially it is ssc, englissce 167, ssch, wassche 139. c [k] is k before e, i, u, ȝeirkest 49, sike 97, kinescrud 34, kunne 9, c before o, com 36, icoren 67, in other positions it is indiscriminately c or k, Cristes 1, krune 55, kneon 3, licame 163, kare 120, woc 40, ek 87, ec 159. č is ch, eche 35, techen 48, stenches 44; čč is cch, drecche 148, wrecche 130, but arechen 47: cw is kw, kwene 57, but once queadschipe 42: cg is gg, aleggen 133, seggen 158. Palatal g is written ȝ, ȝef 100, forȝelden 135, ȝimstones 55: the prefix ge- is preserved as i, ilong 96. The stop g is doubled in singges 8. For h, ch is written in ðurchut 142; h is added in ham 98, dweoluhðe 93, ȝeruh 132 (as at AR 394/12), lost in is 126, licame 163, arine 127 (ahrīnan), lefdi 2, ringes 34, but hw is kept in hwar 106.
[Accidence:] Strong declension of masc. and neut. nouns. In the s. n. sune 57 represents sunu, gome 62 has lost final n. Gen. -es, deaðes 120, kunnes 92, but heoueriche 150 is not inflected: dat. -e, daie 8, deaðe 90, reine 58, siðe 101, wille 46; no exceptions. In the a. schrifte 152 has added e. The pl. n. a. of masculines ends in -es, engles 27, beies 34, but were 21: neuters are þing 71, kneon 3. Genitives are kunne 9, meidene 21, þinge 76; weak forms are deoflene 15, englene 16 (4); there are no datives. The fem. nouns of the strong declension have -e in the s. n. a., kwene 57, ore 73, sorinesse 36, bene 84, except sib 60, help 116 (often m. in OE.). Gen. -e, helle 44, 104, soule 5: dat. -e, blisse 16 (5), fulðe 94, honde 15, mihte 7. Pl. dat. are honden 32, misdeden 156, wunden 102; a. heorte 18, wunden 124. Nouns of the weak declension have -e in all cases of the singular, except lefdi 2 (6): plurals are n. blostmen 37, d. wrecchen 63, uote 155. The minor declensions are represented by mon s. n. 74, wummon 23, men pl. n. 13, ureondmen 166, wepmen pl. a. 20, wummen 19; nihte s. d. 8, 59, niht s. a. 50; moder s. n. 1, 67; ureondes pl. a. 33.
Adjectives which in OE. end in a vowel have -e throughout, eche 35, 39, 62, 120, swete 17. Of the weak declension are s. n. leoue 2 (5), looue 100, 170, d. erme 64, fule 94, heie 66, 165, holie 126, leoue 125, a. englissce 167, leoue 26, 76, loðe 93. Strong inflections are s. d. m. guldene 45, s. d. f. hwite 51, s. a. m. fulle 65, s. a. f. fulle 110, gode 121: iliche 23, 68 is gelīca. The plurals of all adjectives end in -e, holie 71, hwite 37, luðere 123, reade 37; exceptions are gled 54, sead 30, hwit, read 53; gold-ring 34 is an OE. combination. mycel is s. n. muchel 79, s. d. muchele m. 14, f. 89, 140, neut. 49. āgen gives owune 112. ān occurs once as a 150; āna is one s. d. m. 125, f. 21: nān is s. n. no 23 (9), non 24, 39 (pronominal), 47 (before heorte), 40, s. g. neut. none 92, a. m. nenne 131. Adjectives used as nouns are god s. a. neut. 49, muchel 151: superlatives are best 129, leouest 76.
The personal pronouns are ich, i 97, 106, me, we, us, þu, tu 72 (4), after þet, þe. The pronoun of the third person is s. n. hit neut. 63, a. 11; pl. n. heo 30 &c., d. ham 29, a. 15. Reflexives are mi suluen 100, ðe suluen 64, 66: possessives, s. n. mi 6 &c., min 6, 96, 158 (pronominal), g. mire f. 5, mine 5, 157, mines neut. 2, d. mine m. 117, mire f. 75, mine 7, 107, mine neut. 126, a. mine m. 152, f. 135, mi neut. 133, min 4; pl. mine n. 166, d. 156, a. 3: s. n. þi 25 (3), þin 24 (7) before vowel or h, 157 (predicative), d. ðine m. 26 (4), ðire f. 149 (5), þine 18 (8), þin 27, ðine neut. 89, a. þine m. 116, f. 31 (3), þi neut. 30; pl. þine d. 32, 155, a. 33: is 126: ure 18, 86: hore 22, 42. The definite article is s. n. þe 53 &c., g. þes 100 (pronominal), d. ðe m. 90, þere f. 85, 88, a. þene m. 93, 127, 169; pl. g. þer 24 (for þere). The compound demonstrative is s. n. þes m. 78, d. þisse neut. 64, 119, a. ðesne m. 167, 170. The relative is þet 23 &c., once þe 41; ðet 12, during which; interrogative is hwat 106; indefinites are me 45; ilch s. d. m. 81; sume s. d. m. 101; ueole pl. g. 9; s. n. al 5, g. alle neut. 93, d. m. 42, f. 7, a. al m. 100, neut. 48 &c.; pl. n. alle 13 (6), g. alre 76, a. alle 19.
The infinitives of the second weak conjugation end in -ien, iðauien 142, karien 43, luuien 17, except ualuwen 39; others, 32 in number, end in -en, but without n are deale 154, singge 8, þonkie 12, wurðie 7, iseo 165: to biseonne 137, to iseonne 30 are dat. infinitives. Presents are s. 1. beie 3, hopie 110, liuie 12, offrie 4, þonkie 11, wene 111, wurðie 146; 2. ȝiuest 34, ȝeirkest 49; 3. hateð 145, likeð 29, wurðeð 144, contracted bisihð 81, bit 80, 132, let 56, spert 140, wurð 68, 122; pl. 3. bloweð 37, wurðeð 21: subjunctive s. 1. habbe 116, 156, iðeo 121, 130; 2. bringe 169, ȝiue 162, kume 117, kuðe 118, makie 91, schrude, wassche 139, werie, wite 147; 3. arine 127, derie 148, drawe 128, drecche 148, habbe 82, ihere 84, schende 92, to-drawe
141, unne 164; pl. 1. kumen 66: imperative s. 2. auouh 119, aulem 94, ȝeme 163, haue 159, ȝif 102, 126, ischild 120, iþench 100, nim 121, þole 127. Past of Strong Verbs: I a. s. 1. ȝef 100; 2. iseie 105: I b. 3. com 36; subj. s. 2. uorbere 106: I c. s. 3. funde 170 (weak form): IV. s. 1. uorsoc 99; 2. stode 90. Participles past: I b. forboren 109, iboren 23, 68, ibroken 151, ikumen 112, inumen 107: I c. bunden 123, iholpen 9, isungen 167: III. icoren 67, uorloren 74, 108: V. isched 88. Past of Weak Verbs: s. 1. heuede 108, wreðede 101; 2. heuedest 107, 143: subjunctive s. 3. brouhte 86, hedde 144. Participles present: liuiinde 40 adj.; past: agult 82, alesed 15, biset 55, ibrouht 10, 98, idreaued 58, 82, ischrud 51, isend 16. Minor Groups: wot 1 pr. s. 103, wost 2 pr. s. 145; ouh 1 pr. s. 7, owen 1 pr. pl. 18, owe we 17, owen pr. pl. 13; kunne 1 pr. s. subj. 134; der 1 pr. s. 158; schal 1 pr. s. 104, schalt 2 pr. s. 149, schal pr. s. 45, 95, schulen pr. pl. 41, 43; miht 2 pr. s. 133, mei pr. s. 31, 74, muwen 1 pr. pl. 65; mote 1 pr. s. subj. 165; beon inf. 74, 113, to beonne dat. inf. 29, 138, am 1 pr. s. 112, 113, ham 98, ert 2 pr. s. 5, 158, 160, is pr. s. 25, nis 23 (4), beoð pr. pl. 52, beo 1 pr. s. subj. 23, 116, pr. s. subj. 122, 129, 138, pr. pl. subj. 166, was 1 pt. s. 106, pt. s. 88, nes 68, were 2 pt. s. subj. 105; wulle 1 pr. s. 12 (3), wule 113, wult 2 pr. s. 121, 133, 142, wule pr. s. 142; don inf. 13, do 152, dest 2 pr. s. 149, doð pr. pl. 41, 56, dude 1 pt. s. 106.
Noteworthy are the adverb þereuore 63, 83, an early example of the meaning, that being so, and the prepositions anunder 32, OE. anunder (Morsbachs Studien, l. 171), ine 104 (4), onuppe 25 (comp. ‘anuppon’ 77/46).
[Vocabulary:] Scandinavian are laste 69, lasten 123, lune 126, wonteð 73, possibly trust 125. French are cherite 161, ciclatune 51, krune 52, ikruned 52, lai 167, paradise 10, 49, 108, seruise 50, seinte 17, seynte 1, trone 22. Latin are cherubine 25, lilie 53, munuch 169, rose 53, seraphine 26, all OE. borrowings, except the last. The inflectional -e of cherubine, seraphine appears to be quite isolated.