#a# + #g#, #h#, is _ag_, lage 71, &c.; muȝe 49 has _u_ by imitation of other pret. presents. #æ# + #g# is _ei_, deie 126, 137, meide 139, meiden 141, meidenes 166, neiles 146, seið 158, seieð 153; _eȝ_ in deȝe 108, isegd 27, seȝð 163; _eiȝ_ in seigd 34; _e_ in sede 117, 119, seden 69, 160 (= #sǣdon#), ȝesed 114, mede 94 (= #mæden#); _ai_ in mai 152, maie 148. The peculiar spellings dȝeie 68, dȝeies 52, dȝei 134 show the development of a _y_ sound, but deȝie 7, 8, 116, maȝie 59, maȝi 34 appear to be for deiȝe, maiȝe, maiȝ. #e# + #g# is _ei_, þeinen 21, rien 47, written for rein: þenið 142, þeninge 46 go back to #þēnian#, #þēnung#: #ongegn# is represented by aȝen 101, aȝenes 24. A _y_ sound has developed in ȝeie 43, 142 (#ege#); aȝeie 64 seems to have been influenced by OWScand. _agi_. #ig# is preserved in niȝen 138; #ih# in dihte 39, 41: exceptional is forðteh 42 (#forðtihþ#). #o# + #g# is seen in abroden 134, 156, abruden 27; heretoche 80; #u# + #g# in ȝebugon 25; #y# + #h# in drihte 52. #ā# + #g#, #h# give oge 59, ogen 60, oȝeð 64, aȝen 88, ah 43, fa 5. #ǣ{1}# + #h#, echte 55, tehten 110: #ō# + #h#, brochte 101, ibrocht 146, innoh 152: #ū# + #h#, þuhte 11. #ea# + #h#, #ht# is _ea_ in leahtrum 79, _a_ in wax 81; miht, niht have uniformly _i_. #eo# + #ht# is _i_ in cnihten 20: the _i_-umlaut is represented in isecgð 148, iseȝð 150 (= #siehð#), ȝesecðe 134, 156 (#gesiehð#). #ēa# + #g#, #h# is _ag_, _ah_, hagefaderen 140, hahes 171, þah 112, þahhweðer 60. #ēo# + #h# is _e_ in wex 168; _ih_ in rihtwisnesse 40, richtwise 147, 148, brictnesse 145, with _ct_ for _ht_: lichte 50, 53; loht 45 is #lēoht# with shifted accent: #īe# + #h# gives nixtan 73. #ā# + #w#, daw 47, ȝesawen 165, sawe 44, sawle 42 &c., but feawe 96, scewie 22: ahte 122, nahte 33, ahct 49 come from #āht#, #nāht#. #ǣ{1}# + #w# occurs in ȝecnowe 71: #ēa# + #w# in unþeawes 132: #ēo# + #w# in ableow 42, bleowu 168, treowe 92, fierðe 105 (#fēowerða#), ȝeu 24, 113, ȝehw 119, ȝiu 117, ȝiure 52.
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