(2) =of the Trinity College MS.= Oral #a# is _a_, fare 180, habben 39; #a# before nasals regularly _a_, man 20, þanc 245, þanne, þane, þan are the usual forms, but þene 343; #a# before lengthening groups is _o_, fonded 149, longe 3, but hangeð 312. #æ# is regularly _a_, after 28, almesse 28, brac 185, fader 150, water 244, but sæd 392, hweðer 240. #e# is _e_, bed 222, beren 95; before lengthening groups, bende 398, felde 348, imengd 144, strengðe 317, but ængles 94, angles 284, 355, 380. #i# is _i_, þridde 140, child 3, finde 54, but _e_ after #w# in nele 336, nelle 291, nesten 229, 388, also in ofspreng 211, þese 312, þesse 328, 383, þesses 338 (#ðyssum#, #ðysses#), _u_ after #w# in swunche 208, 373, as also in ofsprung 198. #o# is _o_, bode 264, borde 311, but #on# prep. is most frequently a, an. #sorg# is soreȝe 142 (4), but sareȝe 378. #u# is invariably _u_, bigunne 218, grunde 180. #y# is _e_ in deden 269, 270, euel 26 (11), hlesten 230, 387, kenne 206 (4), senne 129 (7), senden 290 (#syndun#), steche 191, vnnet 5, unwenne 212; _u_ in abugeð 197, abuið 146, bugge 65, dude 2, duden 96, fulle 352, furst 37, gulteð 315 (4), gult 197 (4), hulle 351, misduden 101, 194, muchel 76 (8), murie 156, murihðe 396, þunche 62, ofþunche 207 (3), sunegeden 262; _i_ in tihte 272, þincheð 5, 10, 166, swilch 79, 399, hwilch 138, unwinne 250: king, drihten, drihte are the only forms of these words. #ā# is mostly _o_; the exceptions are aquerne 366, bihat 368, hat 308, hatere 251, hwan 206, lac 203 (loc in corresponding line 73). #ǣ{1}# is mostly _a_, ani 53, are 124, has 91, 349, hate 236, sa 83, sade 131 (LWS. #sǣde#), tache 305, þare 346; before two consonants, ache 235 (4), afre 86, mast 7, unhalðe 16 (4); but _e_ in hete 199, mene 170, ðer 216, and before two consonants arerde 172, ech 23 (8); _æ_ in ænes 185; _ea_ in hease 296. In forgoð 358 a plural form is used for the singular. #ǣ{2}# is mostly _a_, adrade 6, dade 3 (4), lache 306, misdade 132, 166, 275, rade 4, strate 235 (4), before two consonants naddren 277, ofdrad 43, 94, 288, unisalðe 200, 378, wapne 340, but _e_ in mere 393, misdede 209 _r. w._ ofdrade, unsele 201, iselðe 15; _æ_ in læte 345, and _ia_ in þiar 165. #ē# is _e_, beten 242, demde 274, iquemd 174, but _a_ in ache 364 (#ǣce#): doð 35 (8) is plural form for singular. #ī# is _i_, abiden 140, þriste 19, but syrreue 50, ȝietceres 271 (Bülbring, § 306, anm. 1). #ō# is _o_ except in cam 117 (4), te 316. #ū# is invariably _u_. #ȳ# is _e_ in forbet 307, here 45, kedde 193; _u_ in cuðen 99, fure 43, 152, hudden 162, _i_ in litel 46, 264, 331.