ea before r + cons. is a in arme 51, barn 60, middenard 39 (5), widerwardnesse 24; ea in bearn 50, 159, ȝearceon 6, ȝearnede 27; æa, gæarced 156; æ in ærfeð 3, and e in merchestowe 124. ea before l + cons. is regularly a, alle 4 (21), manifald 79; but manifeald 46, 90. The i-umlaut of ea is represented by weregede 131 (wiergod). eo before r + cons. is eo in eorðe 36 (4), heorte 72, leorninchnihtes 106; e in sterren 47; æ in ærlen 20. In the wur group, wur is written in wurð 143, otherwise wr = wur, derewrlice 10, wrð 77, 123, wrðeð 108, wrhmint 65, 93. The i-umlaut is represented by birne 154, abernð 143, sterfeð 163, werpð 45 (wierpð), werpeð 142, ?stiarne 13 (stierne). eo before l + cons. is seen in self 61 (7), sielfe 48. eo, u-umlaut of e is e in heuene 107, 163, hefenen 36, but heofene 171; å-umlaut is seen in fele 83; eo, umlaut of i, is e in clepeien 49, ȝeclepien 6, lefede 102, 155, lefie 155, seþe 51, 76, 170; eo in neowelnesse 36; i in silure 92 (silofr); u after w in cwuce 162, wude 47. Here also belong tolie 44, teolian and hare 85, 172, hares 56 from heora through heara, both with shifted accent. ea after palatals is a in gat 13, 117; e in scel 135; eo in sceol 147, ea in ȝesceafte 93, ia in ȝiaf 97; scandlice 151 is sceandlice, before nasal, ȝescepe 56 is gesceapen. ie after g is i in gife 86, ȝife 88, 109; ie in gief 98, ȝief 119, ȝiefe 11, forȝiet 60, underȝeite 4; e in forȝeten 59, 61, bigeten 55; scieppend gives sceappend 65, 93, sceppend 40, 41. The conj. gif is gief 12 (EWS. gief), ȝief 60, gif 63, ȝef 9. eo after g is seen in iunglenges 107 (geongling); eo after sc in sceolde 7, 25, 87, sceolden 12, 160; heom is ham 18, 55, heom 5; eom is am 162, ham 63.
ēa is ea in bread 162 (4), lean 135, deade 115, deaþe 123 (4), abreað 83; a in admoded 104, brad 29 (4), ȝecas 81, grate 6, hafed 51, hafedmen 108; e in eðelice 124; æ in ære 166. niatt 45 represents nēat, ȝie 49, gēa. The i-umlaut of ēa is represented by unhersamnesse 84. ēo medial is eo in beoð 108, &c., ibeoð 70, beon 69, bitweone 9, underþeod 6, 66, underþeoden 3, 17, leoem 45 written for leome (lēoma); e in betwenen 169, befel 3, 4, ȝede 95, fend 5 (8), frend 5 (9), frenden 28, 157, lefe 96, prestes 111; ie in bieð 54, 65, bienn 135, to bienne 43, diefles 95, dierchin 45, frienden 21, lief 59, underþiede 137; io in þiode 91. Final ēo is i, hi 50 (4), ibi 135, isi 55 (4), si 50 (6), þri 99, 101, and ie, besie 14 (besēon). The i-umlaut of ēo is seen in dierewurð 20, istriened 96, þiestre 53, þiesternesse 14; but derewrþe 138, derewrlice 10, fendes 133, aþestreð 144, þesternesse 27. īe gives ie in giet 53, ȝeiet 56, ȝie 24, 26. ēo from ō after sc is eo, ȝesceod 8, toȝesceodeð 117, ȝesceop 33, 39; but ȝescod 74, ȝescop 54.
a + g, h, is ag, lage 71, &c.; muȝe 49 has u by imitation of other pret. presents. æ + g is ei, deie 126, 137, meide 139, meiden 141, meidenes 166, neiles 146, seið 158, seieð 153; eȝ in deȝe 108, isegd 27, seȝð 163; eiȝ in seigd 34; e in sede 117, 119, seden 69, 160 (= sǣdon), ȝesed 114, mede 94 (= mæden); ai in mai 152, maie 148. The peculiar spellings dȝeie 68, dȝeies 52, dȝei 134 show the development of a y sound, but deȝie 7, 8, 116, maȝie 59, maȝi 34 appear to be for deiȝe, maiȝe, maiȝ. e + g is ei, þeinen 21, rien 47, written for rein: þenið 142, þeninge 46 go back to þēnian, þēnung: ongegn is represented by aȝen 101, aȝenes 24. A y sound has developed in ȝeie 43, 142 (ege); aȝeie 64 seems to have been influenced by OWScand. agi. ig is preserved in niȝen 138; ih in dihte 39, 41: exceptional is forðteh 42 (forðtihþ). o + g is seen in abroden 134, 156, abruden 27; heretoche 80; u + g in ȝebugon 25; y + h in drihte 52. ā + g, h give oge 59, ogen 60, oȝeð 64, aȝen 88, ah 43, fa 5. ǣ1 + h, echte 55, tehten 110: ō + h, brochte 101, ibrocht 146, innoh 152: ū + h, þuhte 11.
ea + h, ht is ea in leahtrum 79, a in wax 81; miht, niht have uniformly i. eo + ht is i in cnihten 20: the i-umlaut is represented in isecgð 148, iseȝð 150 (= siehð), ȝesecðe 134, 156 (gesiehð). ēa + g, h is ag, ah, hagefaderen 140, hahes 171, þah 112, þahhweðer 60. ēo + h is e in wex 168; ih in rihtwisnesse 40, richtwise 147, 148, brictnesse 145, with ct for ht: lichte 50, 53; loht 45 is lēoht with shifted accent: īe + h gives nixtan 73. ā + w, daw 47, ȝesawen 165, sawe 44, sawle 42 &c., but feawe 96, scewie 22: ahte 122, nahte 33, ahct 49 come from āht, nāht. ǣ1 + w occurs in ȝecnowe 71: ēa + w in unþeawes 132: ēo + w in ableow 42, bleowu 168, treowe 92, fierðe 105 (fēowerða), ȝeu 24, 113, ȝehw 119, ȝiu 117, ȝiure 52.
The vowels of the inflections are generally levelled to e, but a few remain from the scribe’s original; inf. wunian 159; pr. s. blissið 50, pr. pl. þenið 142; cwaciað 147; pt. pl. arerdon 85; pl. dunan 37, lagan 70, sandon 30; s. d. nixtan 73; pl. d. leahtrum 79; buton 38, 72, 95, bufon 149. Among vowels of minor stress are noteworthy ie in laðienge 6 (laðung), ȝelaðieres 82 (*laðere); a for e, þina 37; æ for e, anæ 6, ȝæarced 156; e for æ, rigtleceden 86, 103; e for i, iunglenges 107; e for o, hefenen 36, 107, sicernesse 128; i for e, adiligde 79, 84; eo for ie, ȝearceon 6; ei for i, clepeien 49. ableow 42 possibly represents onblēow. e is lost in ærndraches 16 (4), witȝin 89, and added in seneȝeden 153: seneȝden 154 is for senȝeden. The prefix ge, once written ge, gelest 2, is largely retained, but it is reduced to i in pp. ibroht, icome 115, idon, imaced, isent, istriened; inf. ibite, isi; ibruce 25, ibeoð 70, isecgð 148, iseȝð 150, innoh 152, uniredlice 131, iwiss 37; noteworthy is unitald 47.
w is lost in sa 54, se 86, alse 115; it represents wu in the wur group, wrð 77, wrhmint 65, derewrlice 10 &c., and similarly wlcne 145: u is written for it in uin 160, wu in bleowu 168, hwu 99. l is lost in swice 75, wic 142: final ll often becomes l, befel 3, bispel 31, ful 102. mm is simplified in wiman 59. The loss of final n in inflections is characteristic: it occurs also in bine 90 (binnan), bitweone 9, bute 17, morȝe 119, to fore 138, to for 22, upe 132: n is assimilated to m in næmmie 112, it is added in hesne 98, doubled in bienn 135, sennenn 132, þann 120 &c. on is weakened to a 126 (an 153). bb is simplified to b in habe 161; it is u in sweueð 53, perhaps influenced by Scand. svefja. For f the scribe writes þ in sielþe 48, selþ 61, 149, which perhaps represents an individual pronunciation. The voiced sound between vowels is represented by f, not u. The added t in mistlice is found in OE., that after n in berient, melstanent 170 is local, as sarment, suddent, varmint in the SE. modern dialects: t is doubled in fett 14; ts is s in milsi 59, c in milce 102. In an 130 d is lost (and 145), as in hlafor 21: it is written for þ in dierewurd 20, had 152, hafd 56, sede 170. For þ, f is written in of 11, 15, 108, ft in oft 134, 136; t in to 36 (?), 147 after ⁊ = ant: æt þǣre is eter 13, 117: it is lost after h in forðteh 42, and intrudes before h in awiðhst 37. sc is [š] in biscopes 111, sceolde 7, scandlice 151; ss is written for it in wasse 10, 123. c is palatalized in cheðen 70 (ceðen 16), dierchin 45 (fiscynn 46), ærndraches 16, machede 41 (macede 91). c is doubled in accenned 94. g is lost in witien 140 and final in almihti 32, ȝegen 156, leornin (ch[n]ihtes) 106: it is ch in heretoche 80, c in strencþe 97. The scribe generally uses ȝ for ġ: exceptions are gelest 2, gife 86, gief 98, gif 63, bigeten 55, iunglenges 107. The development of a y sound is seen in ȝeðe (= iþe), ȝeie 43; ȝ in ȝeu 24, ȝiu 117, ȝehw 119 has been adopted from the nom. ȝe. Initial h before a vowel is often omitted, abben 160, afeð 150, alste 36, is 28 &c., us 167; before consonants, laford 12, 61, wa 4, wat 24 (hwet 17), wic 142, wile 82: it is added in her 160, his 128 &c., hofne 170, hur 65, hure 44, hus 43, and hwe 69, which helps to the understanding of ȝehw 119. For ht, cht is written in echte 55, ibrocht 146, lichte 50, richtwise 147: ahct 49 is for acht (= āht); ct in brictnesse 145.
[Accidence:] Strong decl. of m. and neut. nouns. Sing. n. halende 93, helende 109, 163, sceppende 41 with participial terminations (sceppend 40), endedeie 118, gate 117 have added e: tacne 145 is tacen; drihte 52 has lost n. Gen. -es. Dat. -e: exceptions, anginn 115, bearn 50, barn 60, fer 155, gat 13 (gate 117), ȝegen 156, innoð 60, godspel 161 (godspelle 165), hlaford 65, licht 53 (lichte 50), mancyn 99, sceappend 65 (sceappende 93), þing 53. Acc. as nom.: accennende 103, a participle used as noun, fultume 47 with added e. Plur. n. m. -es: deade 115 has adj. term., wude 47 (wuda); neut. wlcne 145. Dat. -en, as apostlen 139, bearnen 159, bredene 81, cnihten 20, aldren 20, esten 158, kingen 32, martiren 140, melstanent 170, þeinen 21: exceptions, had 139 (= hādum), leahtrum 79, meiden 141, neiles 146, write 85, and ME. repples 13. The accent on hlafordé 32 may be a contraction mark. Acc. m. -es: neut. folc 68, niatt 45, þing 33, 101, 109; þrimsettles 36 has masc. form. Weak are anglene 139, pl. g., esten 159 pl. n., hefenen 36 s. g. comp. hefene 163. Strong decl. of fem. nouns: blisse 125, eorðe 45, lare 90, mihte 38, þiode 91, underþiede 137 (treated as compound of þēod), witnisse 149 have added e in the nom. sing.: ȝefered 138 has lost en; its dat. is ȝeferede 20. The other cases sing. and pl. which occur end in e, as merche (stowe) 124, rode 145, s. g.; echte 55 (possibly pl.), gife 86, 88, 109, s. d.; hesne 98, laðienge 6, lage 80, s. a.; senne 80, 91, 151, pl. d.; ahte 122, pl. a. Exceptions are wrldes 77, a masc. form, berient 170 (= byrgenne), ȝescung 54, gief 98 (possibly for gife), hand 37, nicht 53, s. d.; wrhmint 65 (wrhminte 93), s. a.; ceðen 16, 70, 113, underþeoden 17, pl. d.; hand 14, pl. a. underþeod, 6 is adj. used as noun. Weak forms are dunan 37, pl. a., lagan 70, pl. n., sennenn 132, pl. a., underþeoden, pl. n. 3.
Weak declension: Sing. nom. halege 126, mone 47, sonne 46, tyme 77, witiȝe 35: d. ære 166, heorte 72, heretoche 80, time 84, witie 57, uuantruce 122, acc. deme 148, lichame 41, 126: leoem 45 is probably for leome. Plur. nom. ȝeferen 15, sterren 47, 144; dat. swepen 13, swupen 132, witȝin 89, witien 140; acc. witiȝe 85, ȝefo 22. ærndraces 69, pl. n., 16, pl. a. have adopted a strong inflection: nixtan 73, s. d. is adj. used as noun.
Minor declensions: burh 166, berie 7, s. d.; fader 40, 44, feder 42, s. n., feder 48, s. d., hagefaderen 140, pl. d.; fett 14, pl. a.; frienden 21, 28, 157, pl. d.; mannes 72, 118, s. g.; man 76, s. d., 41, s. a.; menn 31, hafedmen 108, man 23, 76, pl. n.; mannen 153, pl. d., 159, pl. g.; mæn 22, mænn 78, pl. a.
Adjectives: Remnants of the strong decl. linger in ecer 128, s. d. f., soðe 65, grate 6, s. a. f.; and perhaps hage(faderen) 140 (= hēagum); of the weak decl. in fulle 127, gode 121, s. n. m., lefe 96, s. n. f., mucele 137, s. d. m., 129, s. d. f., richtwise 148, soriȝe 104, s. a. m., unwreaste 104, s. a. neut. hahes 171 is a strong form for weak; haliȝe 102 a strong fem. qualifying lif, neut. The pl. inflection in all cases is -e, so ȝeredie 131, stanene 81. Longer words are often uninflected, as manifald 79, 90, dierewurd 20 (derewrþe 138), wrldlic 55; also ful 54, gelty 153, hali 122, 140. Adjectives used as nouns are senfulle 147, s. n.; fa 25, fo 156, latst 8, 69, nixtan 73, s. d.; innoh 152, s. a.; richtwise 147, pl. n.