before _e_, _i_, kemese b 83, kene 69, kimeð 94, awakenet 24, lokeð b 215, makien 48, rikenin 25, stikeð 92, and _ck_ after another consonant in þonckið b 228, also in easkeð b 203, esken 79; in other positions _c_, cat b 2, com b 74, cumeð 41, locunge b 143, exceptions are kues b 5, kun b 72: ah 25 is Anglian #ah#, WS. #ac#: _k_ is inserted as a glide sound in skleatteð 53; see Archiv cxxxi. 305. #č# is _ch_, chearre b 238, cwencheð b 165, brech b 41, iþench b 237, kealche 103, swuch b 18, but keorue b 34, keoruinde 65, conformed to #curfon, corfen#. #čč# is _cch_ in wicche(creftes) 7; isticchet b 142 is a ME. formation descending from OE. #stiče#; contrast stikeð 92 (Bülbring § 499, anm. 5). #cw# is usually preserved, cwide 13, forecwidderes 57, but quoð b 76. Palatal #g# is regularly written _ȝ_, biȝete 12, ȝemeð 16; _h_ is written for #g# in murhðe b 221, orhel 38, teoheði 12; #g# is lost in sygaldren 6; #čǧ# is _gg_, liggen b 28, seggen b 72. Initial #h# is lost in lahheð 97, lahtre 50, lud 38, lust 54, ring b 64; #hh# is simplified in laheð 83 and #h# doubled in crohhe 94 (#crōh#). (2) =Of B.= The principal divergences from A are noted. Some of them are due to the scribe’s inexperience; his handling of the consonants in particular is confused. _eo_ in eondfule 48 for _o_ from #a# before length. group is a French writing; similar is neolden 89. #æ# is _a_ in bras 103, inohraþe 42, hwat 9, nappes 94, þat 16, craftes 7. cwude 12 is from #cwyde#; liki 50 is a mistake for loki; #u# is _o_ in open 64 (#uppan#); #y# is _i_ in mint 97. In leouerð 49, eo is for _o_ from #ā#; ea 53 represents #ā#, ever; comp. nea L 1552, 1555. #ǣ{1}# is _a_ in agastan 57, ilad 4, 19, _e_ in asnesen 68, hest 17, lesse 60, wredfule 32, _ae_ (= æ) in aetri 31, _ea_ in eawer 72, 99: #ǣnig# is ai 8, 15, ei 7. #ǣ{2}# is _e_ in ilened 15, as generally in A. #ea# before #r# + cons. is _a_ in barm 70, _e_ in bernes 74, sherpe 64, but sharpe 63, 66: #eo# before #r# + cons. is _e_, swerd 64, but sweordes 68. There is no _å_-umlaut in ateliche 57 (but eateliche 68), vnstaþelfast 5, fared 78, forfarinde 29, paþered 80, as in A: skletteð 53 is OWScand. sletta. #seofon# is sewe 28. #ēa# is _e_, drem 37, 75, reflac 14; #ēo# is also _e_ in strenes 28, thehewen 12: #gief# is gif 9. #æ# + #g# gives mai 4, 25; #ā# + #w#, out 51, slauwe 70, slaþ 11 miswritten for slaw; #ǣ{1}# + #w#, areawe 32, slauþe 20, slouþe 10; #ēo# + #w#, trouþe 17. In syllables of minor stress _a_ appears for #e#, bemares 36, galnasse 23, warpare 63; _e_ for #æ#, ethalden 12, _i_ for #u#, neominge 7; _e_ for #ō#, te 15 &c., tegederes 79: #on# is a 74. _e_ is often inserted medially between consonants, bolehed 85, iboregen 41, deoueles 42, deouelen 57, iugelurs 46, wigeled 96.