(2) =Of O.= Oral #a# is _a_, ac 8, faren 45; #a# before nasals is regularly _a_, fram 203, gan 92, 207, nam 92, wan 183, wane 189, wanene 27, þanne 204, 282, but drong 283, isomned 36; #a# before lengthening groups is _o_, among 156, londe 19 (16 times), longe 104, but amang 251, answerede 21, 78, lang 217, þwang 217, 218, onderfang 188: #and# is and 18, an 133, #man#, _pron._, me 276. #æ# is _a_, after 186, bar 257, sat 261, 287, spac 195, 262, nas 104, but þes 292. #e# is normally _e_, beste 238, Dence 229, selliche 2 (seollich O 14409); before lengthening groups _e_, ende 109, Englene 262, Englisse 226, felde 203, but Ænglis 34 (comp. 266/15), Œnglisse 281: #forbærnan# is forbearne 165, bearneþ 108; #ærnan#, erneþ 108; #mengde#, meynde 292. #i# is _i_, amidde 203, ligge 177, wille 196; before lengthening groups _i_, children 187, þing 60, but cheldren 159, þenges 35. The present forms of #willan# have _o_, wolle 20, wolleþ 87, wolt 184, a French writing for _u_, but nelle 191: #ġift# is ȝeftes 88, 133. #o# is _o_, bolle 257, dorste 137; before lengthening groups _o_, borde 215, wolde 19: #on# is a 117, 261, an 53; þane 74 (7) descends from LWS. #þane#. #u# is regularly _o_, borh 191 (4), come 137 (3), drongken 251, foliwis 225, gomes 2, loue 69, þos 183, wonie 173, but þus 48, 77, vp 38; before lengthening groups it is _u_, funde 298, grunde 109, hundred 5, 233, but mornede 293, wonder 35. #y# is _u_, Bruttesse 225, cunne 181, custe, clupte 289, dude 117, fulþ 276, lust 269, nuste 264, vuele 21; for _u_, _o_ is written in come 118, comes 263, mochel 123 (6), soche 23, 291, woche 53 (#hwylc#), and before a lengthening group, goldene 257; but #y# is _i_ in win 63, winne 188, kinelonde 192, and as usual in king 50, and _e_ in dedest 162, wercheþ 68.