The wear of these words was thislike:
- Let-ede.
- Let-de.
The mild penning, d, after a hard one, t, became hard, t. Whence lette, let, with the two tt run into one. A pity!
So were shapen feed, fedde, fed; lead, ledde, led; read, redde.
Weak -D (long).
| Crowd, | crowded. |
| Fade, | faded. |
Weak -D (short).
| Bed, | bedded. |
| Bud, | budded. |
-L, Broad Sound (long).
| Brawl, | brawled. |
| Call, | called. |