O.E. _â_ is preserved in the following rhymes:[2] _a._ 39 _take -- +stroke+_ (= _strake_, ags. _strâc_), _spake -- take_. 97 _+sore+ -- fare_. 103 _+goos+ -- +takythe+_ (= _gas -- tas_). 280 _wakyn~ -- +tokyn+~_ (ags. _tâcen_). 334 _care -- +sore+_. 590 _fare -- wher_, _+hore+ -- care_. 705 _fare -- +gere+_ (ags. _gâr_). 788 _Iame -- name_, _+bone+ -- schame_. 834 _+ga+ -- ma_. 977 _fare -- bare_, _+sare+ -- chaffare_. 1143 _glade -- +rade+_. 1238 _Cate -- gate_, _bad -- +wott+_ (ags. _wât_). 1251 _+brod+ -- made_; cf. 1303, 1306, 1501, 1526, 1604, 1612, 1663, 1669, 1825, 1911, 2178, 2356, 2617. [Footnote 2: The rhymes with _tane_ and with _John_ are not quoted, as these words occur also as _tone_ and _Johan_; they are, therefore, of no use in fixing the sound of the _â_.] _b._ O.E. _â_ has changed into _o_: 16 _sone_ (ags. _sunu_) -- _+gon+_. 141 _rode -- +rode+_ (ags. _rôd -- râd_). 195 _+bon+_ (ags. _bân_) -- _Rome_. 238 _+wote+_ (ags. _wât_) -- _fote_. 654 _browȝ -- +goo+_. 1062 _+tho+ -- do_. Cf. 1196, 1226, 1295, 1381, 1809, 1812, 1815, 2013, 2025, 2028, 2037, 2046, 2295, 2298, 2301, 2542. The result is, that in 26 cases old _â_ is preserved, in 22 cases changed into _ô_. O.E. _æ̂_ is turned into (1) _a_: 154 _+were+ -- fare_. 603 _fare -- +were+_. 1020 _+were+ -- fare_. 2074 _care -- +ware+_. Into (2) _e_. 379 _+dede+_ (ags. _dæ̂d_) -- _hed_. 1047 _+were+ -- chere_. 1053 _sped -- +lede+_ (ags. _læ̂dan_). 1263 _stede -- +wede+_ (ags. _wæ̂d_). Into (3) _o_. 1113 _+mone+_ (ags. _mæ̂nan_) -- _Aragon_. 1384 _beffore -- there -- +were+_. O.E. _ô_ is preserved throughout: 73 _+wode+ -- +good+_. 112 _+rode+ -- +blod+_. 118 _Rome -- +kyrstendome+_. 313 _+done+ -- +sone+_. Before _g_ the vowel _u_ resp. _w_ is inserted: 145 _+browght+ -- nowght_. 279 _+browght+ -- +thowght+_. 2053 _+sought+ -- +brought+_. O.E. _ê_ is preserved: 123 _+kene+ -- sene_. 743 _dede -- +sped+, wede_. 1849 _+wepe+ -- slepe_. 2055 _grene -- +kene+_. 2458 _be dene -- +wene+_. O.E. _î_ is preserved as _y_: 196 _+tyd+ -- +syd+_. 325 _+fyve+ -- +lyve+_. 777 _+wyse+ -- deuyce_. 900 _+ryde+ -- +syde+_. O.E. _û_ is written _ou_ resp. _ow_ in the French way: 921 _renowne -- +towyn~+_. 978 _+downe+ -- renowne_. 1425 _+nowe+ -- rowe_. 2634 _+mouth+ -- +couth+_. It has become _o_: 516 _+rome+ -- frome_ (ags. _rûm -- from_). Cf. 2641 _renown -- +son+_. O.E. _eá_ has become _e_: 1929 _grame -- +streme+, Jerusalem_. 2554 _Jerusalem~ -- +streme+_ (ags. _streám_). O.E. _eó_ has changed into _e_: 153 _+be+ -- hee_: 782 _+fre+ -- he_. 888 _+tre+ -- crystyanté_. 1643 _+be+ -- charité_. 1861 _+ffree+ -- cité_. O.E. _ŷ_ remains _y_: 1361 _pride -- +bedsyde+_. 1433 _pryde -- +ryde+_. 1473 _+wyde+ -- pride_. _ŷ_ or _ê_, the _i_-umlaut of _eá_ or _e_, is found as _e_: 63 _were -- +here+_ (ags. _hŷran_). 235 _+here+ -- were_. 327 _sted -- yed, +nede+ -- sped_. 408 _yede -- +ned+_. 1552 _stede -- +nede+, indede_. 3. THE INFLEXIONS.