In a similar way he does not distinguish carefully open _ǭ_ and close _ọ̄_, e.g. _gone_ : _done_ 86 Add., 594 H, _done_ : _one_ 416 Add., 562 H, 588 H, 750 Add., _anon_ : _done_ 530 Add., _sloo_ : _doo_ 508 H, _þo_ : _do_ 262 D, etc. In consequence we are not able to apply the _-wǭ-_, _-wọ̄-_ test with any degree of certainty. OE. _-wā_ rimes, now with _ǭ_, now with _ọ̄_, e.g. _fro_ : _so_ 342 Add., 324 D, _so_ : _fo_ 374 Add., _tho_ : _so_ 278 H, _also_ : _mo_ 17 C, etc.; but _so_ : _to_ 179 C, 184 Add., 214 C, 296 C, 300 Add., 314 H, 344 Add., 718 Add., 904 Add., _atwo_ : _do_ 280 H, _whom_ : _come_ 306 F (_wham_ : _cam_ 336 Add.), etc. In the same way OE. _æ_, and shortened OE. _ǣ_, rimes now with _a_, now with _e_, e.g. _was_ : _gracias_ 310 Add., 774 Add., _Thomas_ : _was_ 656 C, _Iosephas_ : _was_ 582 H; but _fless_ : _was_ 34 C, _best_ : _lest_ 392 H, _fed_ : _bed_ 124 C, 132 A, _les_ : _wes_ 566 D. In the same way OE. _y_ rimes now with _e_, now with _i_, e.g. _stede_ : _dude_ 57 C, 62 Add., 88 Add., 800 Add., 82 C, 624 Add., _kyng_ : _geng_ 220 C, _him_ (= ‘them’) : _kyn_ 642 Add.; but _mankyne_ : _pyne_ 426 A, _Inne_ : _kynne_ 430 A, 478 A, 360 H, 338 D, 346 D, _it_ : _pytt_ 506 H, _þerynne_ : _synne_ 604 H, _blisse_ : _gladnesse_ 384 H, etc. In the same way in the 3rd plur. pres. indic., the ending is sometimes _-eþ_, sometimes _-n_, e.g. _listneþ_ 8 C, _serueþ_ 418 H, _goth_ 476 H, 593 A, _buþ_ 22 C, 26 C, etc.; but _ben_ 25 A, _beon_ 141 C, 149 A, etc., and the rime _kenesmen_ : _ben_ 122 C, 130 A. Details may be multiplied indefinitely to show the general Southern character of the language, _e.g._ the verbal endings in _-i_ or _-y_, as _blessi_ : _herkni_ 7, 8 C, _loky_ 47 C, _gladie_ 75 C, etc.; the infinitive preserving its final _-n_, as _quene_ : _bene_ 6 Add., _bene_ : _ysene_ 40 A, _gon_ : _on_ 140 C, _quen_ : _ben_ 98 C, 104 A, 114 C, 120 A, etc.; but _beo_ : _gleo_ 10 C, etc.; the present participle in _-and_, as _lepand_ : _hande_ 614 A, etc.; the use of the palatalized consonants, as in _yyeue_ 566 H, _ayene_ 597 H, etc. The dialect then certainly is of the Southern part of England; but the rimes do not enable one to locate the dialect more exactly. The composition is undoubtedly that of a scholar in whom one might expect a wider range in pronunciation. Doubtless both Southern and Midland dialects were familiar to him. The pronunciation, however, of OE. _y_ as _e_ and of OE. _æ_ as _e_ belongs to the East Southern, and we shall probably be safe in calling the dialect a compromise between East Southern and East Midland.