fró | ðat tíme | we tél | len áy ||
ðo gán | hem dá | gen wél | iwíſſe ||
(2) That it is sometimes rapidly slurred over, as in l. [96], already cited; and
(3) That (especially after an r) it is often so pronounced as to be incorporated with the syllable preceding it, so that the whole word, supposing it a dissyllable in appearance, becomes monosyllabic in pronunciation; as in l. [514]—
Matú | ſalé | was bóren | iſ ſúne ||
and, again, in l. [655]—
Wóren | ſtalwúr | ði bóren | bi tále ||
Thus, we may find the same word written and pronounced as a dissyllable—
Wó | ren ðáne | don ſóne | a-nón || l. [3591];
and, in another place, written and pronounced as a monosyllable—