#ea# before #r# + cons. is, as a rule, _a_, arme 231, narewe 343, swarte 282, before lengthening groups mostly _a_, hardde 171, warnie 304, but _e_ in erninge 64, metheschele 366; _ea_, _æ_ in middeneard 140, 200, middenærd 195: the _i_-umlaut is represented by erminges 323, derne 77, smierte 114. #ea# before #l# + cons. is regularly _a_, alle 22, biualle 198, before lengthening groups mostly _ea_, bihealde 288, eald 4, but bihelden 392, holde 55: the _i_-umlaut is seen in elde 16 (5), elder 1, 326, elderne 194. #eo# before #r# + cons. is mostly _e_, herte 74 (3), werc 108 (10), but storre 279, hierte 113; before lengthening groups it is _ie_ in ȝierles 324, ȝierne 49, _e_ in erðe 75, erðeliche 155. In the #wur# group _u_ is the rule, wurðe 142, wurðen 334. The _i_-umlaut after #w# gives werse 299, werest 221 (LWS. #wyrsa#, #wyrrest#): barneð 253, barnende 222, descend from #bærnan#; oerre 280 represents #eorre#. #eo# before #l# + cons. is always _e_, self 131 &c. #eo#, _u_-umlaut of #e# is _e_, heuene 27, wereldes 271, but _o_ in woreldes 226, 338; the _å_-umlaut is represented by fele 9 (3), wele 155 (4): #eo#, umlaut of #i# is _e_, icleped 104, henne 400, seðen 9, seuene 28, bineþen 87, but binime 44, ȝieue 74, niþer 347, quike 78, 192, siluer 268, and after #w#, suster 150, 187, wude 348. #ea# after palatals is _a_ in sal 21, 26, safte 84, same 168, samie 165, sameð 167, scat 367. #ie# after #g# is _ie_ in biȝiete 105, 126, ȝielde 45, forȝiete 34 (4), ȝieuen 64 (12), forȝieue 217; after #sc#, #c#, it is _i_, silde 224 (5), _e_ in chele 199, 236, bicherd 322. The conj. #gif# is ȝief 121, 166. #eo# after #g# gives ȝeunge 10, ȝeunger 326, jung 4, ȝieuð 377 (#geogoð#): #eo# after #sc#, solde 37, 267, solden 60, sulle 22, sullen 103. #heom# is hem; #eom#, am. #ēa# is mostly _ea_, breade 191, deaðe 106 (7), eaðe 210, 288, 376, uneaðe 183, 191, but ec 46, 107, eðlate 74, 150, 261, rauing 257. The _i_-umlaut of #ēa# has regularly _e_, alesed 136, hereð 89, ileuen 49, temen 108, but ȝiemeð 80. #ēo# is mostly _e_, ben 39 (12), biflen 154, deflen 97, lef 73, frend 30, rewen 358, but _ie_ in bien 389, bie 4 (4), biede 266, bieð 291, 315, diere 145, fiendes 223, friende 224, lief 203, 261, hielden 172, 298, isien 18 (5), swiere 146, þieue 43; _i_ in sic 201. The _i_-umlaut is represented in diere 146, 186, fiend _pl. n._ 283, friend _pl. a._ 224, niede 265, þiesternesse 281, but derlinges 389, frend 185, 304, þuster 77. #gesīene# is isene 344; #gīet#, ȝiet 5, 293; #gēar#, ȝier 142: #ō# after #sc# is seen in sop 84.