Old English Grammar

1st sg 2nd and 3rd 2nd sg 3rd sg adjs analogical Angl appears assibilation back umlaut back vowel Beow beside compounds declension dialects diphthongs e.g. OE e.g. VP early texts eW-S examples final footnote frequent front vowels geminates Goth half-stress hence i-mutation i-umlaut imper indic inflected forms inflexions Ingvaeonic IW-S later loan-words long vowels loss manuscripts medial Merc metathesis mutation nasal nasal consonant neut normal North nouns nW-S occur Old English origin palatal palatal consonants past pl past sg past tense phonological pres present system Prim root syllable Ru.¹ Ru.² second element second fronting sounds spirants stress strong verbs subj suffix symbol syncopation unaccented syllables usually velar verbs of Class Verner's law voiced voiceless weak verbs West Gmc words