#Literature:# Krüger, A., Sprache und Dialekt der me. Homilien in der Handschrift B. 14. 52. Trinity College, Cambridge, Erlangen, 1885. #Phonology:# Oral #a# is _a_, ateliche 128, axen 183; #a# before nasals, _a_, manne 168, þanken 48, but _o_ in þonc 72, þonked 84, 139; #a# before lengthening groups, _o_, honde 23, understondeð 146, but _a_ in lange 101, 184, understandeð 180: þanne 45, 136 alternates with þenne 52, 117. #æ# is _a_ (12 times), bad 88, 120, wat 175, and _e_ (9 times), bed 11, set 71, wecche 97. #e# is _e_, eft 37, bendes 100, but understont 176, understant 181 (#-stent#). #i# is _i_, bidden 188, bringen 11, often written #ȳ# in synne OEH ii. 57/5, synfulle id. 57/17, synegeden id. 65/16, and similar words: but #i# is _e_ in beð 122 (from pl.), sleðrende 169. #o# is _o_, biforen 28, one 11, 14, borde 87, wolde 22, but an 185, a 4 (5 times). #u# is _u_, burh 21, bunden 127, but _o_ in comen 66, 69, folcninge 111, beside fulcninge 114. #y# is _i_ (29 times), iuele 116, kinne 103 (3), but _e_ in specð 85, euel OEH ii. 183/10, kenne id. 201/11, _u_ in cunde 162, fulste 76; cuinde 160 shows hesitation between _u_ and _i_. #ā# is normally _o_, aros 137, bitocneð 102, but a 11, an 19, hatte 9, naðeles 13, 74. #ǣ{1}# is mostly _e_, bileueð 158, clensinge 186, leren 65, but _a_ in ani 136, ar OEH ii. 11/24, lareð id. 15/2, _o_ in goð 4, 56 (from plural); a diphthong has developed before #sc# in fleis 144 (6). #ǣ{2}# is also mostly _e_, beren 23, selðe 123, but _a_ in aristes 140, adrade OEH ii. 193/18, dade id. 187/22. #ē# is _e_, bete 73, este 166, but _o_ in doð 15, 159, 164 (from plural), _ie_ in gie OEH ii. 21/9. #ī# is _i_, lichame 126, lif 67. #ō# is _o_, blod 47, blostme 24, but te 11. #ū# is _u_, abuten 101, husel 47. #ȳ# is _i_, kidde 135, _e_, bet 147, _u_, cudden 18.