#Literature:# Vollhardt, W., Einfluss der lateinischen geistlichen Litteratur auf einige kleinere Schöpfungen der englischen Übergangsperiode, Leipzig, 1888; Lauchert, F., Englische Studien, xiii. 83; Heuser, W., Anglia, xvii. 82. #Phonology:# #a# is _a_, fram 38, maniȝe 54, lange 83, sandon 30, but _o_ in longe 155, sonden 161. #æ# wavers between _e_ (28 times), feder 42, hwet 17, stef creft 89, þes 72, &c., wes 1, 94, 96, and _a_ (16), fader 40, hwat 49, þas 43, was 19, 27, water 46. #e# is regularly _e_, engel 41, menn 31, but _æ_ in ængles 166 (#ængel#), mæn 22, 78, næmmie 112, and _a_ in anglene 139, angles 146, man, _pl._ 23, 76. #i# is _i_, for which _y_ is written in cyldren 42, cyrce 108, scyft 117: it is _e_ in ȝeðe (= iþe) 165, þeser 74, þeses 113, repen 169 (= #ripon#), swepen 13; _u_ in swupen 132. #o# is _o_, but a, an 4, &c. (= on), þann 120, þáleð 123 (comp. the dialectic taal, Dan. _taale_, EDD). #u# is _u_, but _o_ in come 7, icome 115, sonne 46, all associated with _m_ or _n_. #y# is regularly _e_, berie 7, ded 73, drench 46, euel 41, ferst 167, gelty 153, senne 91, 95, 151, but _i_ in þrimsettles 36, (dier)chin 45; _y_ in cyme 87 (? #cime#); _o_ in formest 50, 72. #mycel# is represented by mucele 129, 137, moche 90: king 1, drihte 52 have _i_, as often. #ā# is mostly _a_, fa 25, na 55, þa 106; but _o_ in anon 12, cofe 27, cofer 17, gefo 22, go 22, more 97, 120, non 38, soriȝe 104, to 147, þo 140. clone 15, an isolated form, represents #clāne#. #ǣ{1}# is mostly _e_, arerde 80, clene 103, elc 112 (3), er 117, geð 157, helendes 87 (4), þer 139 (4); the traditional _æ_ appears in ælc 91, 152, ær 18, 99, æer 21, ærst 69, ærndraches 16, 69; but it is _a_ in halende 93, lat 124, stanene 81, þar 19 (7), unwraste 23; _ea_ in unwreaste 79, 100, 104, 130, and _eo_ once in leorde 109 (#lǣrde#) between _l_ and _r_. #ǣ{2}# is uniformly _e_, adredeð 147, letes 129. #ē# is regularly _e_, but dieð 51 (= #deð#). #ī# is _i_; written _y_ in tyme 77: gescung 54 is apparently #gītsung#. #ō# is _o_ without exception. #ū# is _u_; but uncoðe 22. #ȳ# is normally _e_, ceðen 16, 70, 113, fer 46, 143, 155, scred 42; but litl 160, leoðre 169.